Hamilton vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamilton	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2017	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4455	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1247	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$2030	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2780	$1049
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	73	49
😀 Quality of life	88	51
🏙️ Population	569K	7.1M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 196% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1784th and 6983rd ($2017 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Hamilton ranked 18th best city to live in Canada vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 239th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs Yantai

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	Hamilton	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1072	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1990	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.79%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16293	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4716	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.74	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.8	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$605	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21263	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702