The residence routes we hold for Mexico, each requirement as its rule states it, and what a month costs in its cities. This page assesses no one.
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Low cost of living; good climate in Querétaro, Guadalajara and Mérida.
Temporary-residence route with published income or savings thresholds.
Large economy integrated with the US; strong manufacturing (Bajío).
Mérida is one of the safest cities in the Americas; Querétaro is a growing industrial hub.
Rich culture, food and a large expatriate community.
Cons
Security varies sharply by region; some states have serious violence.
Bureaucracy and corruption at local level; notarial and property processes are slow.
Spanish needed for almost everything.
Public healthcare is weak; private care or IMSS voluntary insurance needed.
Heat and hurricanes in Yucatán; water stress in the centre.
Emigrator’s assessment, 6 October 2026. Where a point names a figure, the sourced data above governs.
Routes we hold for Mexico
What each rule states, as we encoded it from the source. A money threshold that grows with the size of the household is shown for the reference household named under the costs.
Temporary residence visa (economic solvency)
Draft — not checked by us yet
We built these rules from the country’s own sources and have not finished checking them line by line.
· within the limit
Requirement
Rule says
Type
Monthly income of at least 680 days of UMA, over the last six months*
This requirement can be met in more than one way:
Mandatory
Monthly income from employment or a pension
At least €4,050.35 per month79,771 MXN, converted at the ECB euro reference rate for the Mexican peso (0.050775 EUR/MXN, effective 9 September 2026) = €4,050.35
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Or a bank balance of 11,460 days of UMA
At least €68,260.281,344,373 MXN, converted at the ECB euro reference rate for the Mexican peso (0.050775 EUR/MXN, effective 9 September 2026) = €68,260.28
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Not applying on the basis of a job offer
Must be No
Conditional
What the authority states and we cannot test
Quoted in the authority’s own words rather than summarised. No rule of ours tests these.
La expedición de la visa está sujeta al resultado de la entrevista consular.
Our translation: The issue of the visa is subject to the result of the consular interview. — Emigrator, machine-assisted and reviewed against the source
Stated by Secretaría de Gobernación — Sistema de Información del Diario Oficial de la Federación: Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas que emiten las secretarías de Gobernación y de Relaciones Exteriores, 25 de julio de 2025, Trámite 5 (Visa de Residencia Temporal), Trámite 5, criterios de expedición
II. Original del documento que acredite su legal estancia, si la persona extranjera no es nacional del país donde solicita la visa
Our translation: II. Original of the document proving their lawful stay, if the foreign national is not a national of the country where they apply for the visa — Emigrator, machine-assisted and reviewed against the source
Stated by Secretaría de Gobernación — Sistema de Información del Diario Oficial de la Federación: Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas que emiten las secretarías de Gobernación y de Relaciones Exteriores, 25 de julio de 2025, Trámite 5 (Visa de Residencia Temporal), Trámite 5, Requisitos, fracción II
A month here, for a reference household
Reference household: two adults aged 38 and 37, a one-bedroom home, no children.
Residence fees and health cover are those of Temporary residence visa (economic solvency). The low, middle and high figures are the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles where a publisher states them; each line says who published it.
illustrative Money figures on this page are illustrative unless the figure names its publisher. The illustrative ones are arranged so the shape is right — a larger flat costs more than a smaller one, and the expensive cities are the expensive ones — and they are accurate in nothing. Do not plan on them.
City
P25
P50
P75
GuadalajaraThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.
not published
€853
not published
MéridaThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.
not published
€781
not published
QuerétaroThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.
Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.
Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.
Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.
How this country is governed
World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2024, on a 0–100 scale the Bank publishes itself. They describe the country, not any city in it.
Political stability and absence of violence
54the World Bank governance score for political stability
Rule of law
37the World Bank governance score for rule of law
Control of corruption
29the World Bank governance score for control of corruption
Rule set 1.58.0-2026-10-11 · read on 26 October 2026. Every figure on this page was computed by the engine from versioned rule files. No language model produced any number here, and translation happens only after the calculation.
