Chatham-Kent
- Population
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- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,249 a month in Chatham-Kent, rent included: 62% less than in New York. The average net salary is $3,137 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Chatham-Kent; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%74
- Safetycountry20%52
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%60
- Connectivitycountry10%61
- Cost10%27
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Canada
- #99
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,615
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Chatham-Kent | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $17.87 | $25.00 | −29% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $57.20 | $140 | −59% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $10.01 | $14.00 | −29% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.18 | $8.00 | −35% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.72 | $10.00 | −43% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.98 | $6.37 | −53% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.61 | $3.80 | −58% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.36 | $2.89 | −53% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.07 | $1.36 | −21% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.61 | $4.68 | −66% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.42 | $6.97 | −65% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.81 | $5.73 | −51% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $11.25 | $17.38 | −35% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $15.32 | $15.11 | +1% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $16.14 | $17.77 | −9% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.65 | $6.11 | −40% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.17 | $2.20 | −47% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $3.52 | $5.77 | −39% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.56 | $6.25 | −43% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.36 | $3.47 | −61% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.89 | $4.17 | −55% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.71 | $2.72 | −37% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.25 | $2.50 | −50% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $10.01 | $20.00 | −50% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.17 | $3.21 | −64% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.18 | $3.96 | −70% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $12.87 | $19.00 | −32% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.79 | $3.00 | −40% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | — | $140 | — |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.50 | $3.00 | −17% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.79 | $2.18 | −18% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $28.60 | $42.00 | −32% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.06 | $1.10 | −4% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $28,299 | $35,458 | −20% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $19,222 | $25,309 | −24% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $29.52 | $73.50 | −60% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $46.47 | $71.93 | −35% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | — | $126 | — |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $11.44 | $23.00 | −50% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $540 | $3,366 | −84% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $16,373 | $60,589 | −73% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $55.50 | $72.80 | −24% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $30.54 | $53.22 | −43% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $66.95 | $118 | −43% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $73.82 | $125 | −41% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,394 | $4,417 | −68% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,001 | $3,033 | −67% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,787 | $9,242 | −81% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,573 | $5,461 | −71% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $3,137 | $5,178 | −39% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 5.05% | 6.49% | −1.4 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $1,394 | $3,137 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $1,408 | $3,352 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jan 2026 | — | $1,406 | $3,154 |
| Nov 2025 | — | $1,386 | $2,965 |
| May 2025 | — | $1,396 | $2,978 |
| Apr 2025 | — | $1,410 | $2,999 |
| Mar 2025 | — | $1,357 | $2,926 |
| Feb 2025 | — | $1,350 | $2,911 |
| Jan 2025 | — | $1,353 | $2,920 |
| Dec 2024 | — | $1,355 | $2,923 |
| Nov 2024 | — | $1,393 | $2,614 |
| Oct 2024 | — | $1,401 | $2,622 |
| Sep 2024 | — | $1,444 | $2,670 |
| Aug 2024 | — | $1,426 | $2,650 |
| Jul 2024 | — | $1,424 | $2,648 |
| Jun 2024 | — | $1,426 | $2,325 |
| May 2024 | — | $1,425 | $2,323 |
| Apr 2024 | — | $1,443 | $2,353 |
| Mar 2024 | — | $1,435 | $2,340 |
| Feb 2024 | — | $1,453 | $2,368 |
| Jan 2024 | 67.7 | $1,461 | $2,382 |
| Dec 2023 | 76.5 | $1,382 | $2,364 |
| Nov 2023 | 73.2 | $1,290 | $2,321 |
| Oct 2023 | 73.9 | $1,128 | $2,340 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Canada's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Chatham-Kent yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Chatham-Kent. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Chatham-Kent on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Chatham-Kent yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Chatham-Kent.
Internet
Canada median; city not listed- Upload
- 95Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 10ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 86Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 25ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Chatham-Kent yet.
Cities like Chatham-Kent
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 13Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 4 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 89%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026