Edmonton vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$948	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	84
😀 Quality of life	89	81
🏙️ Population	1.01M	3.03M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 98% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 2475th and 6071st ($1769 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 6th in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 181st and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Taichung

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	Edmonton	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671