Hamilton vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamilton	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2017	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4455	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$1247	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$2030	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2780	$374
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	73	56
😀 Quality of life	88	57
🏙️ Population	569K	2.42M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 186% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1784th and 6861st ($2017 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 25th in Canada and Brazil, respectively. Check Canada vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hamilton compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Hamilton ranked 18th best city to live in Canada vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 239th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs Salvador

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	Hamilton	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1072	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1990	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.1	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.79%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16293	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4716	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.74	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.8	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$605	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21263	$10392

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2185
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2142
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1783
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2089
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2370
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$1899
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$1946
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2056
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1977
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1554
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2453
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2267
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1861
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2009
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2291
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1680
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2183
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2432
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2145
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2101
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2082
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2056
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1554
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1936
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1840
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1849
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2195
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1910
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1799

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677