Edmonton vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$948	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	40
😀 Quality of life	89	48
🏙️ Population	1.01M	5.94M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 129% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 2475th and 6559th ($1769 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 1st in Canada and India, respectively. Check Canada vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 181st and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Surat

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	Edmonton	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340