Surrey vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Surrey	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2417	$710
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$2138
🏠 One person rent	$1503	$300
🏘️ Family rent	$2821	$686
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$68.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2696	$1012
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	80	90
😀 Quality of life	90	71
🏙️ Population	568K	13.9M

The cost of living in Surrey is 240% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 890th and 6862nd ($2417 vs $710) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 81st in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Surrey compared to 1.4 months in Tianjin. Surrey ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Tianjin ranked 10th in China, while ranked 138th and 2285th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Surrey vs Tianjin 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/surrey/tianjin.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Surrey vs Tianjin infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/surrey/tianjin" target="_blank">Surrey vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Surrey vs Tianjin

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

	Surrey	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.1	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1570	$424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1333	$204
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3345	$1072
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2491	$495
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.3	$43.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$67.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.8	$8.33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	4.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11501	$7862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10221	$2825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.16	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$129	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$2.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$9.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.93	$5.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.89	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$14.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$6.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.8	$72.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$3.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.2	$40.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$79.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1012	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12698	$16590

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2589
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2330
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$1983
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2650
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2220
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2278
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1789
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2248
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2263
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2185
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2469
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2609
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2576
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2569
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2821
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$3091
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2866
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1913
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2784
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2901
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3229
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$2908
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2491
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3179
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2743
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2655

Cities near Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$700
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$734
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$679
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$693
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$786
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$720
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$742
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$611
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1067
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$769
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$675
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$620
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$649
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$714
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$677
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$482
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$668
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$572
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$605
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$670
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$614
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$677
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$869
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$760
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$748
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$588
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$568
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$616
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$555
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$547
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$670
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$597
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$632
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$581
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$507
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$526
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$618