Ahmedabad vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$166	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$2742
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	57	100
😀 Quality of life	54	93
🏙️ Population	7.65M	1.8M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 76% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 8848th and 2225th ($452 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 51st in India and Canada, respectively. Check India vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 5984th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Montreal

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	Ahmedabad	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$5725

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692