Edmonton vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$948	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	72
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	1.01M	620K

The cost of living in Edmonton is 17% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 2475th and 3353rd ($1769 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 271st in Canada and Germany, respectively. Check Canada vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 181st and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Leipzig

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	Edmonton	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307