Mississauga vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mississauga	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2370	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4796	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$1614	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$2550	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$514	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3215	$1644
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	100
😀 Quality of life	92	78
🏙️ Population	718K	24.9M

The cost of living in Mississauga is 116% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 1006th and 4858th ($2370 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 6th 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 Mississauga compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Mississauga ranked 4th best city to live in Canada vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 89th and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mississauga vs Shanghai

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	Mississauga	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.1	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.3	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1607	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1420	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2541	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8197	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92.1	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.2	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$498	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10536	$30174

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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

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746