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title: "Is Mexico a Good Place to Live? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Mexico (Mexico City): 142.3 Mbps internet, safety 0/100, healthcare 79/100 — essentials ≈ $1,122/month, so $3k lives \"like royalty\". Full quality-vs-cost breakdown."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/livability/mexico/"
json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/livability.json"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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Livability · rank 113/167

# Is 🇲🇽 Mexico (Mexico City) a good place to live?

Quality score **53/100** against essentials of **$1,122/month**. CDMX and the coasts host huge nomad scenes; security varies dramatically by region.

## The five metrics

Internet 57 142.3 Mbps median broadband, 83.1% online

Safety 0 24.9 homicides/100k (2023)

Healthcare 79 UHC service coverage 79/100 (2023)

Air quality 74 PM2.5 16.7 µg/m³ (2023)

English 55 day-to-day usability

## Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection *price* is a different question from connection *speed* — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

- **Rule of law**: very weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -1.15 · corruption control -0.94 · stability -0.72 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- **What connectivity costs**: $17.09 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $21.98/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

## What your budget buys

| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($1,122) | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $2,000 | 1.8× | very comfortable |
| $3,000 | 2.7× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 4.5× | like royalty |

Essentials from the [Pint & Property basket](https://geo-parity.com/expenses/?tab=prices). Rank countries by your own priorities in the [interactive matrix](https://geo-parity.com/livability/).

🛂 **Temporary Resident Visa (remote work)** — income floor ≈ $4,350/month. [Visa finder →](https://geo-parity.com/nomad-visas/)

🪤 Tax residency triggers at **183 days**. [Tax residency details →](https://geo-parity.com/tax-residency/mexico/)

## Similar value-for-money

- [🇸🇪 Sweden](https://geo-parity.com/livability/sweden/) — quality 91.4, essentials $1,945/mo
- [🇭🇳 Honduras](https://geo-parity.com/livability/honduras/) — quality 43.2, essentials $920/mo
- [🇳🇱 Netherlands](https://geo-parity.com/livability/netherlands/) — quality 88.9, essentials $1,905/mo
- [🇧🇪 Belgium](https://geo-parity.com/livability/belgium/) — quality 88.4, essentials $1,851/mo

See also: [everyday prices](https://geo-parity.com/cost-of-living/united-states-vs-mexico/) · [retiring in Mexico](https://geo-parity.com/fire/mexico/)

## Frequently asked questions

- **Is Mexico a good place to live for remote workers?**: Mexico scores 53/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 142.3 Mbps, safety 0, healthcare 79, air quality 74, english 55) — rank 113 of 167. CDMX and the coasts host huge nomad scenes; security varies dramatically by region.
- **How fast is the internet in Mexico?**: Median fixed broadband is around 142.3 Mbps. CDMX and the coasts host huge nomad scenes; security varies dramatically by region.
- **What does $3,000/month get you in Mexico?**: Single-person essentials run about $1,122/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (2.7× essentials).

Safety, healthcare and air quality are objective figures from the World Bank (homicide rate, life expectancy) and WHO (PM2.5); internet speed and English are curated. City variation is real — verify locally. Agents: GET /api/livability.json?budget=3000.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/livability/mexico/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/livability.json