Edmonton vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$948	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	78
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	1.01M	12.6M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 245% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 2475th and 8544th ($1769 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 181st and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Zhengzhou

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	Edmonton	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591