Kazan vs Quebec City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kazan	Quebec City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$929	$1695
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2282	$3907
🏠 One person rent	$493	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$878	$1435
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$558
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.4	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$871	$2900
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	38
😀 Quality of life	64	88
🏙️ Population	1.33M	549K

The cost of living in Kazan is 45% less expensive than in Quebec City. Cities ranked 6157th and 3269th ($929 vs $1695) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 113th 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 1.7 months in Quebec City. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Quebec City ranked 28th in Canada, while ranked 5470th and 332nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Quebec City

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	Kazan	Quebec City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.39	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.3	$59.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.91	$5.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$863
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1065	$1500
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$689	$1244
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.03	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.86%	5.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$8196
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2534	$2969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$2.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$2.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$4.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$4.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$3.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$3.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.81	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$81.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.1	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$719
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15147	$7052

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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 Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1685
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1024
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1466
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1265
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1180
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1434
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1399
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1451
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1589
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1506
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1104
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1254
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1526
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1642
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1458
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1341
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1142
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1838
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1846
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1861
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1852
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1897
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1918
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1923
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2080
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1857
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1928
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1960
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1862
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$2047
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1940
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1934