Hamilton vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamilton	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2017	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4455	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$1247	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$2030	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2780	$602
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	73	71
😀 Quality of life	88	61
🏙️ Population	569K	10.6M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 319% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 1784th and 8748th ($2017 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 525th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hamilton compared to 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Hamilton ranked 18th best city to live in Canada vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 239th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs Shijiazhuang

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	Hamilton	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1072	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1990	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.1	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.79%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16293	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4716	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.74	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.8	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$605	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21263	$4785

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716