Chicago vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chicago	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2613	$2576
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6659	$5834
🏠 One person rent	$1594	$1582
🏘️ Family rent	$3123	$2702
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$610
🚐 Transport expenses	$210	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5285	$3483
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	86
😀 Quality of life	96	94
🏙️ Population	2.75M	2.79M

The cost of living in Chicago is 1% more expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 505th and 571st ($2613 vs $2576) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 455th and 6th 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 2 months in Chicago compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Chicago ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 16th and 36th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Toronto

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	Chicago	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.3	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1958	$1662
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$1377
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3908	$2941
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2652	$2385
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$98.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.2	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3227	$10196
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2803	$8230
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$2.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$2.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.79	$2.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$4.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$2.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15.7	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.71	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.85	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.1	$52.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$62.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.3	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.8	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2675	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15494	$18837

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2476
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2544
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2446
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2346
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2387
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2199
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2257
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2326
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2317
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2300
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2290
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2323
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2295
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2245
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2282
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2244
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2264
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2215
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2264
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2204
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2258
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$2013
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2248
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2258
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2240
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2162
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$2030
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2257
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2253
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2269
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2250
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2267
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2264
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2238
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2239
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2089
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2221
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$2038
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2241
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2240

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2390
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2600
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2358
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2128
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2192
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2578
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2114
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2293
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2082
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2032
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2244
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$2073
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1862
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1510
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2218
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1734
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1821
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1915
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1879
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2125
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1408
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1949
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2072
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2084
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2217
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2194
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2127
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2031
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2156
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2004
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2074
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2049
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2085
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2097
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1816
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2178
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2151
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2190