Edmonton vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$948	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$1644
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	100
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	1.01M	24.9M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 61% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2475th and 4858th ($1769 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 6th 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 1.5 months in Shanghai. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 181st and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Shanghai

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	Edmonton	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$30174

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746