Chiba vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chiba	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3346	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$548	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2264	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	91	100
😀 Quality of life	79	93
🏙️ Population	975K	1.8M

The cost of living in Chiba is 32% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4299th and 2225th ($1267 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 51st in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chiba compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Chiba ranked 19th best city to live in Japan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 625th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiba vs Montreal

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	Chiba	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.88	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.2	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$722	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.9	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5609	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4004	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.8	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.4	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$545	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15302	$5725

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1094
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1129
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1134
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1107
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1231
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1099
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1060
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1067
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1057
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1059
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1079
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1085
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1054
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1058
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1089
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1164
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$1055
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1070
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1055
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1071
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1071
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1047
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1044
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1104
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1066
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1249
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1077
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1051

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