Adelaide vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1901
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$4422
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1684
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$193
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$2928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	100
😀 Quality of life	92	93
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.9M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 24% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 1178th and 2370th ($2355 vs $1901) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 64th in Australia and Canada, respectively. Check Australia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 75th and 49th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Montreal

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	Adelaide	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1096
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$842
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$5122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$3877
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$75.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$99.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$6432

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828