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Cost of Living
Cost of Rental Housing / Apartment
|
House upper class area USD/month |
House middle class area USD/month |
Apartment in upper class area USD/month |
Apartment in middle class area USD/month |
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Min |
Max |
Min |
Max |
Min |
Max |
Min |
Max |
Mexicali |
$718 |
$1,173 |
$456 |
$670 |
$471 |
$648 |
$297 |
$464 |
Tecate |
$375 |
$994 |
$243 |
$574 |
$309 |
$442 |
$177 |
$221 |
Tijuana |
$1,060 |
$1,325 |
$618 |
$1,325 |
$530 |
$1,943 |
$398 |
$839 |
Source: Industrial Costs in Mexico, PROMEXICO 2008
Note: Original statistics in pesos, calculated at the exchange rate of $14.53 pesos per USD

Cost of Buying Housing / Apartment
|
House upper class area USD |
House middle class area USD |
Apartment in upper class area USD |
Apartment in middle class area USD |
|
Min |
Max |
Min |
Max |
Min |
Max |
Min |
Max |
Mexicali |
$161,219 |
$231,228 |
$78,769 |
$157,759 |
$89,075 |
$158,274 |
$43,513 |
$87,603 |
Tecate |
$82,597 |
$155,477 |
$20,318 |
$69,965 |
$46,820 |
$62,721 |
NA |
NA |
Tijuana |
$177,208 |
$527,969 |
$53,004 |
$143,223 |
$132,509 |
$300,353 |
$35,355 |
$106,007 |
Source: Industrial Costs in Mexico, PROMEXICO 2008
Note: Original statistics in pesos, calculated at the exchange rate of $14.53 pesos per USD

Water Tariffs
Consumption |
Ensenada
USD/month |
Mexicali
USD/month |
Tecate
USD/month |
Tijuana - Playas d de
Rosarito USD/month |
30 m3 |
$45.76 |
$42.98 |
$58.37 |
$38.11 |
60m3 |
$178.75 |
$106.92 |
$135.73 |
$121.21 |
Note: Original statistics in pesos, calculated at the exchange rate of $13.00 pesos per USD

Telephone Tariffs
Classification |
Installation (USD) |
Monthly Rent (USD) |
Cost per Call (USD) |
Residential |
$111.57 |
$15.46 |
$0.14 |
Commercial |
$111.57 |
$19.55 |
$0.14 |
Source: Telnor
Note: Original statistics in pesos, calculated at the exchange rate of $13.00 pesos per USD

Nextel Tariffs
Plan |
Monthly Rent (USD) |
Included Telephone Minutes |
Included Nextel Direct Connection Minutes |
Additional Telephone Minutes (USD) |
Corp Baja Directo 300 |
$44.61 |
300 |
Unlimited |
$0.26 |
Corp Baja Directo 600 |
$54.61 |
600 |
Unlimited |
$0.26 |
Corp Baja Directo 1200 |
$67.31 |
1200 |
Unlimited |
$0.26 |
TDI Baja |
$92.69 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
$0.26 |
Source: Nextel Mexico, 2010
Note: Original statistics in pesos, calculated at the exchange rate of $13.00 pesos per USD.

Mobile Tariffs
Plan |
Monthly Rent (USD) |
Included Minutes |
Additional Minutes (USD) * |
GSM 100 |
$23.66 |
200 |
$0.20 |
GSM 150 |
$31.58 |
280 |
$0.18 |
GSM 300 |
$47.41 |
475 |
$0.16 |
GSM 600 |
$79.07 |
900 |
$0.13 |
GSM 1200 |
$134.47 |
1600 |
$0.11 |
Source: Telcel 2008
Note: Original statistics in pesos, calculated at the exchange rate of $14.53 pesos per USD.
Note: * Cost per minute to other mobiles. The call cost to another Telcel mobile is: $0.07 USD

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