Kaohsiung vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1060	$1924
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2781	$4432
🏠 One person rent	$388	$986
🏘️ Family rent	$654	$1635
🍽️ Food expenses	$446	$584
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$2862
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	80	100
😀 Quality of life	85	95
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.8M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 45% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 5440th and 2252nd ($1060 vs $1924) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 54th in Taiwan and Canada, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 399th and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Montreal

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	Kaohsiung	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.5	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.52	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$6.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.19	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$1048
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$268	$857
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1880
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$48.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.1	$73.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.43%	4.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5177	$6954
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3389	$4776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$2.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.3	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.81	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.6	$2.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.21	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.31	$3.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.88	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$4.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.8	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13047	$5813

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$936
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$892
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$961
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$931
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$927
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$937
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1026
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$737
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$1001
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$943
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$995
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$846
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$940
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1238
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1356
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$634
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$698
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$646
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1079
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$633
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$673
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$588
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$684
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$450
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$575
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$654
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1202
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$652
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$610
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$638
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$929
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1203
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$690
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$439
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$762
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$740
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$607

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1860
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1836
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1879
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1847
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1856
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2097
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1941
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1856
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1922
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1890
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1877
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1903
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1965
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1866
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1870
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1891
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1871
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1818
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1828
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1890
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1805
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1871
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1799
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1815
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1797
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1838
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1808
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1823
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1830
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1704
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1884
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1747
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1818
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1786
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1616
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1966
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1478
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1143
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1583
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1722