Hefei vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$2370
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$4796
🏠 One person rent	$205	$1614
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$2550
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$3215
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	92
😀 Quality of life	66	92
🏙️ Population	9.37M	718K

The cost of living in Hefei is 74% less expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 7405th and 1006th ($625 vs $2370) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 8th in China and Canada, respectively. Check China vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 1.4 months in Mississauga. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Mississauga ranked 4th in Canada, while ranked 3963rd and 89th 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	$3.46	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$70.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$1607
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$2541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$8197
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$6621
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$92.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$498
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$10536

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

Cities near Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$1946
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2142
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2453
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2267
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2185
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2017
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2291
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$1899
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1861
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2432
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2089
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1783
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2056
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1977
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1554
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1554
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2009
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2013
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2183
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2145
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1680
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2056
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1910
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2082
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$2101
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1990
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1936
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1799
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2081