Kawasaki vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawasaki	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1249	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3397	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$545	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1197	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2537	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	99	100
😀 Quality of life	81	93
🏙️ Population	1.54M	1.8M

The cost of living in Kawasaki is 33% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4340th and 2225th ($1249 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 51st in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawasaki compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Kawasaki ranked 13th best city to live in Japan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 497th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawasaki vs Montreal

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	Kawasaki	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.1	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.47	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.44	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$584	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$364	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$968	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6533	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3250	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.41	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.07	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.7	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.62	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.66	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.1	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.2	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$543	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15204	$5725

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Cities near Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1335
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1124
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1039
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1150
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1091
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1136
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1012
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1065
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$960
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1122
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$1023
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1028
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1103
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1143
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1077
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1045
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1125
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1099
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1098
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$1042
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1124
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$948
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1109
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1231
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1116

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