Fast food price insights
What the drive-thru really costs: prices from 749 fast food restaurants in Mexico across 2 chains, checked 2026-10-03. Every figure below compares each restaurant's own pickup price from the brand's ordering app, so the numbers are what you would actually pay at the window.
Data as of . Updated daily. Prices are in Mexican pesos.
Key findings
- Burger King has the biggest price gap between locations: its priciest restaurant charges 51% more than its cheapest for the same basket. KFC has the smallest gap, 7%.
- Ciudad de México, CMX is the biggest cluster of bargain fast food in Mexico: 65 of its 74 restaurants rank in their brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- Guanajuato is the cheapest state for fast food overall (Drive Thru Index 100, where 100 is the national typical price) and Quintana Roo the most expensive (113), averaging each brand against its own national prices.
- A Burger King Whopper costs anywhere from $99.00 to $149.00 across 304 restaurants in Mexico; the typical price is $99.00.
- Guanajuato is the cheapest state for Burger King and Tabasco the priciest, comparing the same basket of 5 items at 297 restaurants.
- A KFC Kruncher Burger costs anywhere from $69.00 to $79.00 across 445 restaurants in Mexico; the typical price is $69.00.
- Chihuahua is the cheapest state for KFC and Quintana Roo the priciest, comparing the same basket of 5 items at 445 restaurants.
- For Burger King, Ciudad De Mexico, CMX has the most bargain restaurants: 48 of 52 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- For KFC, Ciudad de México, CMX has the most bargain restaurants: 65 of 74 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
Cheapest to most expensive states
Each state's Drive Thru Index score averages every brand's typical basket there against that brand's own national typical price, so 100 is the national norm, 90 is 10% cheaper and 120 is 20% pricier. Brands are never compared with each other.
| Rank | State | Index | vs national | Brands | Restaurants compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guanajuato | 100 | +0% | 2 | 32 |
| 2 | State of Mexico | 100 | +0% | 2 | 106 |
| 3 | Mexico City | 100 | +0% | 2 | 137 |
| 4 | Nuevo León | 100 | +0% | 2 | 53 |
| 5 | Jalisco | 103 | +3% | 2 | 61 |
| 6 | Morelos | 104 | +4% | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Puebla | 104 | +4% | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Querétaro | 105 | +5% | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | San Luis Potosí | 106 | +6% | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Coahuila | 106 | +6% | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Sinaloa | 106 | +6% | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Baja California | 109 | +9% | 2 | 33 |
| 13 | Chiapas | 109 | +9% | 2 | 19 |
| 14 | Yucatán | 109 | +9% | 2 | 27 |
| 15 | Quintana Roo | 113 | +13% | 2 | 17 |
Bargain clusters
Where cheap fast food clusters: the places with the most restaurants whose basket ranks in their own brand's cheapest fifth nationally. Each brand is judged against itself, never against another brand's prices.
| City, all brands | Bargain restaurants | Restaurants compared | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciudad de México, CMX | 65 | 74 | 88% |
| Ciudad De Mexico, CMX | 48 | 52 | 92% |
| Ciudad De Mexico, MEX | 24 | 25 | 96% |
| Monterrey, NLE | 23 | 24 | 96% |
| León, GUA | 12 | 13 | 92% |
| Brand | Top bargain cities | Top bargain states |
|---|---|---|
| Burger King | Ciudad De Mexico, CMX (48 of 52), Ciudad De Mexico, MEX (24 of 25), Guadalajara, JAL (10 of 11) | CMX (51 of 59), MEX (35 of 48), JAL (17 of 22) |
| KFC | Ciudad de México, CMX (65 of 74), Monterrey, NLE (15 of 15), Santiago de Querétaro, QUE (10 of 11) | CMX (69 of 78), MEX (53 of 58), NLE (43 of 43) |
By brand
| Brand | Restaurants | Item | Typical price | Range | Cheapest state | Priciest state | Gap between locations | Delivery vs pickup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burger King | 304 | Whopper | $99.00 | $99.00 to $149.00 | GUA | TAB | 51% | — |
| KFC | 445 | Kruncher Burger | $69.00 | $69.00 to $79.00 | CHH | ROO | 7% | — |
Questions people ask
- How much does a Burger King Whopper cost in Mexico?
- As of 2026-10-03, a Whopper costs $99.00 to $149.00 at 304 Burger King restaurants, with a typical price of $99.00.
- Where is Burger King cheapest in Mexico?
- Guanajuato has the cheapest typical Burger King basket and Tabasco the most expensive (Drive Thru Index, 2026-10-03). The single cheapest restaurant is in León, GUA.
- How much does a KFC Kruncher Burger cost in Mexico?
- As of 2026-10-03, a Kruncher Burger costs $69.00 to $79.00 at 445 KFC restaurants, with a typical price of $69.00.
- Where is KFC cheapest in Mexico?
- Chihuahua has the cheapest typical KFC basket and Quintana Roo the most expensive (Drive Thru Index, 2026-10-03). The single cheapest restaurant is in Hermosillo, SON.
How the index works
Every day we check the menu at every US restaurant of each chain, using the same ordering app its customers use, and record each item's pickup and delivery price. Restaurants are compared on a basket of items that every full-menu restaurant of that brand sells, so a comparison is never skewed by a missing item. Restaurants with a limited menu, and prices that are clearly a menu code error, are left out of comparisons. "Typical" means the median restaurant.
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Citing this data: Source: Drive Thru Index (https://drivethruindex.com), prices checked 2026-10-03. Journalists are welcome to quote any figure on this page.