Edmonton vs Hiroshima - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Hiroshima
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$2328
🏠 One person rent	$948	$335
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$361
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$2704
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	63	63
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.2M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 102% more expensive than in Hiroshima. Cities ranked 2475th and 6156th ($1769 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 860th in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 3.1 months in Hiroshima. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Hiroshima ranked 8th in Japan, while ranked 181st and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Hiroshima

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	Edmonton	Hiroshima
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$6.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$210
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$742
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$533
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$77.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$29.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	1.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$1817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$1133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$2.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$23.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$3.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$41.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$51
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$6826

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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 Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$854
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$857
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$859
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$865
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$874
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$903
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$906
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$890
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$915
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$934
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$889
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$905
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$887
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$987
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$876
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$885
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$866
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$927
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$912
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$928
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$921
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$882
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$937
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$934
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$883
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$951
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$952
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$827
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$915
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$781
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$900
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$846
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$896
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$934
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$931
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$936