Hefei vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hefei	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$643	$2326
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1702	$4761
🏠 One person rent	$216	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$2521
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$515
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$927	$3062
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	92
😀 Quality of life	69	97
🏙️ Population	9.37M	718K

The cost of living in Hefei is 72% less expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 7469th and 1215th ($643 vs $2326) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 101st and 11th in China and Canada, respectively. Check China vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hefei compared to 1.3 months in Mississauga. Hefei ranked 35th best city to live in China vs Mississauga ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 4318th and 17th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Mississauga

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	Hefei	Mississauga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$72.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$6.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$1598
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$2610
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$2252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$93.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$53.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$8772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2183	$6315
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$98.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.42	$13.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$11.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$36.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$42.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9056	$10782

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663

Cities near Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$2033
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2464
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2241
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2193
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2103
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2242
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1869
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2449
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2010
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1844
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2071
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1928
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1564
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1705
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2049
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2044
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2096
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2187
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2109
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1683
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2082
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1936
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2083
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$1868
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1971
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1931
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1659
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2031