Edmonton vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$2226
🏠 One person rent	$948	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$830
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$79
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$1294
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	63	97
😀 Quality of life	89	75
🏙️ Population	1.01M	18.7M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 129% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 2475th and 6548th ($1769 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 31st in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 181st and 1055th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Guangzhou

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	Edmonton	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$3.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$1183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$655
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$37.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$10125
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$4029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$2.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$20.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$70
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$14511

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2077
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1743
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1770
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1886
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1491
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1638
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2007
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2284
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1540
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2163
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2054
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2023
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2327
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1792
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1612
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2021
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2280
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2495
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2488
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2466
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2317
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650