How to survive in Mexico City?


How to survive in Mexico City? Aside from rent, living in Mexico City is affordable on most budgets. Street vendors serve incredibly cheap and tasty meals for $1-2 and a coffee in a trendy cafe is around $3. Public transport and bike share passes are extremely low-cost, and even Ubers are affordable compared to many major North American cities.


Can you live off $1000 a month in Mexico?

One can live in Mexico on $1,000 a month or even less quite easily. In fact, locals live on much tighter budgets. As a foreigner, you will see that pretty much everything costs less than in your home country. Rent, food, transportation and healthcare in Mexico are much cheaper than in the US, Canada or Western Europe.