Edmonton vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edmonton	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1835	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4159	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$996	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$1618	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3432	$1068
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	64	99
😀 Quality of life	91	76
🏙️ Population	1.01M	24.9M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 60% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2656th and 4880th ($1835 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 5th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Edmonton compared to 0.9 months in Shanghai. Edmonton ranked 7th best city to live in Canada vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 133rd and 1178th 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	$18	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.25	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$752	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1621	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1273	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.7	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.48%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2375	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2262	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.71	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$776	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9664	$27610

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1733
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1874
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2095
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1927
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1771
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1974
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1633
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1749
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1953
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2307
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1739
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2180
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2135
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2427
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2505
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1703
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1787
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2100
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2091
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2411
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2420
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2505
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2523
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2295
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2100

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789