Boston vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Boston	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3547	$2370
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7979	$4796
🏠 One person rent	$2453	$1614
🏘️ Family rent	$4007	$2550
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5732	$3215
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	92
😀 Quality of life	91	92
🏙️ Population	676K	718K

The cost of living in Boston is 50% more expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 24th and 1006th ($3547 vs $2370) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 8th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Boston compared to 1.4 months in Mississauga. Boston ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Mississauga ranked 4th in Canada, while ranked 103rd and 89th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Boston	Mississauga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.6	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$70.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.36	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.8	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2794	$1607
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2107	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5075	$2541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3386	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$215	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10352	$8197
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5877	$6621
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.1	$92.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.95	$2.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$2.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.67	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.78	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$2.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.78	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.02	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.05	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.2	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.2	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$195	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.8	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2725	$498
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31112	$10536

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3805
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3101
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3627
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2936
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3088
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2948
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$2922
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2320
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$2943
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$2834
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2906
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2803
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$2939
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2710
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2784
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2883
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3131
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2740
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2813
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$3088
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2601
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2873
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2824
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2774
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2783
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2934
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2922
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2732
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2882
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2403
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2805
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2844
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2851
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$3022
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2592
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2848
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2833
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2861
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2825

Cities near Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$1946
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2142
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2453
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2267
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2185
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2017
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2291
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$1899
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1861
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2432
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2089
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1783
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2056
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1977
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1554
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1554
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2009
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2013
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2183
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2145
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1680
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2056
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1910
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2082
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$2101
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1990
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1936
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1799
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2081