Toronto vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Toronto	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2453	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5408	$4240
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$1109
🏘️ Family rent	$2344	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$602	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$240	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3141	$2916
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	86	17
😀 Quality of life	93	85
🏙️ Population	2.79M	216K

The cost of living in Toronto is 34% more expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 861st and 2289th ($2453 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Canada and New Zealand, respectively. Check Canada vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Toronto compared to 1.6 months in Wellington. Toronto ranked 2nd best city to live in Canada vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 59th and 356th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Toronto vs Wellington

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	Toronto	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$67.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$9.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.08	$6.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1577	$1097
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1302	$938
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2556	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2087	$1752
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.4	$88.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.6	$51
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.83%	6.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9200	$6922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7455	$5940
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$2.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$99.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.76	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$6.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$9.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$3.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$23.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.23	$2.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.9	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$68.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1130	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17118	$11415

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Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095

Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1751
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1607
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1676
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1560
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1248
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1253
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1444
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1475
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1457
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1144
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1248
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1433
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1847
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1418
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1182
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1506
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1524
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1652
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1717
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1493
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1736
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1709
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$1968
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1746
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1435
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1213
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1921
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1242
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1416
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2099
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2539
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1448
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2252
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1652
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1824
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1584
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2106
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1604