Kazan vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kazan	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$929	$1928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2282	$4433
🏠 One person rent	$493	$992
🏘️ Family rent	$878	$1658
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.4	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$871	$3005
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	54	100
😀 Quality of life	64	96
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.8M

The cost of living in Kazan is 52% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6157th and 2284th ($929 vs $1928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 58th in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.6 months in Montreal. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 5470th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Montreal

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	Kazan	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.39	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.3	$65.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.91	$6.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$1085
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$852
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1065	$1939
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$689	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$79.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.03	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.86%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$5305
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2534	$4101
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$76.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$18.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$3.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$4.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.81	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.1	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$568
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15147	$5550

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1862
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1923
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2080
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1897
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1923
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2047
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1861
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1918
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1930
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1852
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1838
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1935
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1896
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1642
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1458
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1142
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1589
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1805