Edmonton vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Edmonton	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1732	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3831	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$950	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$1492	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$521	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3155	$1455
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	100
😀 Quality of life	92	78
🏙️ Population	1.01M	24.9M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 46% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2554th and 4461st ($1732 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 96th and 6th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Edmonton compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Edmonton ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 77th and 558th 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	$14	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.5	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.9	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.25	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$897	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$718	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1452	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1166	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.2	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.11%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3053	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.2	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.55	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.22	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.9	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.3	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.3	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$638	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7157	$28143

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1694
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1688
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2113
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1860
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1835
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1696
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1424
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1718
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2484
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2276
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1526
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2022
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$1795
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2445
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2023
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1526
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1568
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2034
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2407
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2595
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2529
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2564
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2251
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2329
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$1908

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740