Cologne vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$947	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	100
😀 Quality of life	96	93
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.8M

The cost of living in Cologne is 6% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 2551st and 2225th ($1744 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 51st in Germany and Canada, respectively. Check Germany vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 12th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Montreal

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	Cologne	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$5725

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

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