Hiroshima vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hiroshima	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$878	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2328	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$335	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$361	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2704	$2742
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	100
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.8M

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 53% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6156th and 2225th ($878 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 860th and 51st in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.1 months in Hiroshima compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Hiroshima ranked 8th best city to live in Japan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 218th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hiroshima vs Montreal

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	Hiroshima	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.03	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.32	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$742	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.26%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1133	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6826	$5725

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Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$854
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$857
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$859
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$865
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$874
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$903
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$906
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$890
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$915
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$934
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$889
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$905
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$887
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$987
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$876
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$885
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$866
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$927
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$912
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$928
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$921
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$882
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$937
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$934
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$883
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$951
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$952
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$827
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$915
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$781
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$900
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$846
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$896
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$934
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$931
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$936

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