Hefei vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$205	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	93	100
😀 Quality of life	66	93
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.8M

The cost of living in Hefei is 66% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 7405th and 2225th ($625 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 51st in China and Canada, respectively. Check China vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 3963rd and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Montreal

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	Hefei	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$5725

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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