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Medicine Hat vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

Medicine Hat is 83.8% more expensive than Quito.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in Medicine Hat
Groceries: pay 49.1% more in Medicine Hat
Transportation: pay 40.5% more in Medicine Hat
Housing: pay 3.1 times more in Medicine Hat
Childcare: pay 2.3 times more in Medicine Hat
Entertainment and Sports: pay 75.0% more in Medicine Hat
Clothing: pay 29.8% less in Medicine Hat

The cost of housing, childcare, restaurants, entertainment and sports, groceries, and transportation in Medicine Hat are more expensive than in Quito. Notably, housing, childcare, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Medicine Hat.

Medicine Hat vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Medicine Hat instead of Quito, you would:

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	Quito	Medicine Hat
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00	$15.07 CA$20.93	+201.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.38	$10.05 CA$13.95	+36.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13	$2.00 CA$2.78	+76.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.73	$1.75 CA$2.42	+138.1%
Average			+113.0%

Quito vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of restaurants

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pay 49.1% more for groceries

	Quito	Medicine Hat
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$1.82 CA$2.53	+12.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.18	$4.07 CA$5.65	-2.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$5.58 CA$7.75	+37.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43	$3.24 CA$4.50	+33.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52	$4.94 CA$6.86	+40.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98	$1.70 CA$2.36	+74.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51	$0.59 CA$0.83	+16.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48	$1.12 CA$1.56	+135.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59	$1.49 CA$2.07	+154.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68	$0.65 CA$0.90	-4.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47	$0.67 CA$0.93	+43.4%
Average			+49.1%

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pay 40.5% more for transportation

	Quito	Medicine Hat
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.63	$3.71 CA$5.15	+41.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.00	$50.59 CA$70.25	+87.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00	$24,382.26 CA$33,856.70	+21.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.50	$15.07 CA$20.93	+11.6%
Average			+40.5%

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pay 3.1 times more for housing

	Quito	Medicine Hat
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.44	$60.15 CA$83.52	+111.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$448.12	$801.31 CA$1,112.68	+78.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.19	$717.59 CA$996.43	+126.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$25.07	$152.49 CA$211.75	+508.3%
Average			+206.2%

Quito vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of housing

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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

	Quito	Medicine Hat
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$283.25	$841.80 CA$1,168.90	+197.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,360.00	$15,667.38 CA$21,755.39	+67.4%
Average			+132.3%

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pay 75.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Quito	Medicine Hat
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$5.74 CA$7.97	+141.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.96	$3.72 CA$5.16	+25.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$11.48 CA$15.94	+91.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.55	$54.78 CA$76.06	+42.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.00	$12.20 CA$16.94	+74.3%
Average			+75.0%

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pay 29.8% less for clothing

	Quito	Medicine Hat
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.15	$51.67 CA$71.74	-14.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.83	$26.91 CA$37.37	-42.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.42	$67.45 CA$93.66	-36.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.78	$68.17 CA$94.66	-26.5%
Average			-29.8%

Quito vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of clothing

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