Columbus vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	73	100
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	906K	1.8M

The cost of living in Columbus is 15% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 1476th and 2225th ($2145 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 51st in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 249th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Montreal

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	Columbus	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$5725

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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