Giza vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Giza	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$356	$1901
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$887	$4422
🏠 One person rent	$123	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$200	$1684
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$30.1	$193
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$128	$2928
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	83	100
😀 Quality of life	60	93
🏙️ Population	4.46M	1.9M

The cost of living in Giza is 81% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 9046th and 2370th ($356 vs $1901) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 64th in Egypt and Canada, respectively. Check Egypt vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Giza compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Giza ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 5867th and 49th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Giza vs Montreal

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	Giza	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.71	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.32	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$1096
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.8	$842
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$1985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$10.6	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.9	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.5	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.01%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$5122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$3877
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.53	$75.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.21	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.43	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.19	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.6	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.32	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.93	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.52	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.54	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.49	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.7	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.4	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.92	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.9	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$99.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.6	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2487	$6432

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Cities near Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$483
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$414
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$374
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$314
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$332
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$325
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$315
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$267
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$271
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$313
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$307
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$279
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$288
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$267
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$316
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$294
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$288
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$366
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$324
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$264
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$862
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$2038
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$2145
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$429
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$2054
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$2133
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$818
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1810
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$2060
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$338
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$2305
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$2014
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$375
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$2354
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$334
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$1149

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828