Hefei vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hefei	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$730	$1949
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1863	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$280	$982
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$1703
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$606
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$190
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$952	$2800
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	93	100
😀 Quality of life	65	93
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.76M

The cost of living in Hefei is 63% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6761st and 2014th ($730 vs $1949) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 64th and 53rd in China and Canada, respectively. Check China vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hefei compared to 1.4 months in Montreal. Hefei ranked 32nd best city to live in China vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 4175th and 60th 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	$2.85	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.6	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$6.82
☕ Cappuccino	$2.47	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$1045
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$226	$851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$1984
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$399	$1482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.6	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.2	$76.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.2	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.88%	6.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4006	$7467
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2108	$4409
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.9	$73.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.66	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$2.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$4.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$3.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$11.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.61	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$3.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$3.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$33
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.68	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.7	$121
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.56	$32.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.2	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.4	$95.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$246	$674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8616	$6998

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$694
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$651
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$705
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$659
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$745
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$706
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$904
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$523
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$624
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$671
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$772
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$635
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$769
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$649
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$673
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$647
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$637
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$535
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$648
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$704
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$689
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$628
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$658
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$652
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$700
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$616
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$620
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$626
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$632
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$653
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$707
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$673
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$693
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$527
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$699

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1858
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1895
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1886
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2059
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1945
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1887
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1927
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1917
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1915
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1919
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2003
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1888
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1902
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1971
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1922
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1850
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1848
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1904
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1741
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1901
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1824
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1789
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1820
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1835
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1824
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1809
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1858
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1736
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1917
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1774
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1829
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1796
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1651
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1999
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1537
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1185
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1630
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1607