Brisbane vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	100
😀 Quality of life	97	93
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.8M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 9% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 1792nd and 2225th ($2016 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 51st in Australia and Canada, respectively. Check Australia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 7th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Montreal

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	Brisbane	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$5725

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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