Suzhou vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Suzhou	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$771	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2209	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$265	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$448	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$292	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1127	$3342
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	70	86
😀 Quality of life	71	99
🏙️ Population	12.7M	2.79M

The cost of living in Suzhou is 69% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 6778th and 918th ($771 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 2nd in China and Canada, respectively. Check China vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Suzhou compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Suzhou ranked 23rd best city to live in China vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 3523rd and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Suzhou vs Toronto

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	Suzhou	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.17	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.1	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$581	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$291	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.1	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.4	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.63%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5716	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2955	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.8	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.46	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.28	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.05	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.2	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.21	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.32	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.1	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$778	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15339	$17676

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Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043