Hiroshima vs Quebec City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hiroshima	Quebec City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$878	$1644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2328	$3738
🏠 One person rent	$335	$834
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1281
🍽️ Food expenses	$361	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2704	$2588
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	38
😀 Quality of life	88	86
🏙️ Population	1.2M	549K

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 47% less expensive than in Quebec City. Cities ranked 6156th and 2883rd ($878 vs $1644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 860th and 110th in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.1 months in Hiroshima compared to 1.6 months in Quebec City. Hiroshima ranked 8th best city to live in Japan vs Quebec City ranked 23rd in Canada, while ranked 218th and 310th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Hiroshima vs Quebec City infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/hiroshima/quebec.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Hiroshima vs Quebec City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/hiroshima/quebec" target="_blank">Hiroshima vs Quebec City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Hiroshima vs Quebec City

Prices for goods and services in Hiroshima and Quebec City are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Hiroshima	Quebec City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.03	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.32	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$5.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$3.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$790
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$727
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$742	$1395
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$1101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$80
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.26%	7.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$8350
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1133	$3529
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$66.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$22.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$3.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$4.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$2.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$39.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$78.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$794
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6826	$6012

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$854
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$857
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$859
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$865
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$874
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$903
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$906
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$890
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$915
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$934
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$889
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$905
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$887
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$987
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$876
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$885
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$866
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$927
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$912
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$928
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$921
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$882
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$937
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$934
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$883
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$951
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$952
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$827
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$915
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$781
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$900
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$846
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$896
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$934
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$931
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$936

Cities near Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1627
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$966
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1449
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1239
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1118
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1368
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1330
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1395
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1468
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1411
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1436
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1457
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1433
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1460
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1106
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1742
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1743
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1764
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1735
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1804
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1829
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1835
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2004
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1857
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1889
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1773
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$1900
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1852
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1732