Edmonton vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$2054
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$4880
🏠 One person rent	$948	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$1862
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$3539
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	82
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	1.01M	577K

The cost of living in Edmonton is 14% less expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 2475th and 1702nd ($1769 vs $2054) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 1506th in Canada and the United States, respectively. Check Canada vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 1.7 months in Milwaukee. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Milwaukee ranked 55th in the United States, while ranked 181st and 240th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Milwaukee

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	Edmonton	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$3.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$2332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$1469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$3.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$3.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$1813
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$24191

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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 Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378