Hamilton vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamilton	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2017	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4455	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$1247	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$2030	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2780	$695
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	73	17
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	569K	9.03M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 248% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 1784th and 7893rd ($2017 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 321st 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Hamilton ranked 18th best city to live in Canada vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 239th and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs Zhoukou

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	Hamilton	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1072	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1990	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.1	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.79%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16293	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4716	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.74	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.8	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$605	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21263	$14854

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484