Kazan vs Quebec City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kazan	Quebec City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$1648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2383	$3908
🏠 One person rent	$506	$829
🏘️ Family rent	$864	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$564
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.4	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$976	$2878
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	38
😀 Quality of life	64	87
🏙️ Population	1.33M	574K

The cost of living in Kazan is 40% less expensive than in Quebec City. Cities ranked 5700th and 3402nd ($981 vs $1648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 116th in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kazan compared to 1.7 months in Quebec City. Kazan ranked 4th best city to live in Russia vs Quebec City ranked 21st in Canada, while ranked 5282nd and 327th 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	$9.62	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$66.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.95	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$639	$907
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$680
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$1526
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$1247
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.4	$58.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$89.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.66	$45.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.93%	4.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4128	$6977
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2917	$2884
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$2.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.54	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$3.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$3.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$4.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$3.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$6.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.7	$37.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.22	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.15	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$703
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14895	$8149

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077

Cities near Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1638
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1002
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1457
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1238
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1219
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1441
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1365
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1421
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1504
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1122
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1289
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1533
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1421
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1384
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1199
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1816
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1817
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1829
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1828
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1861
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1892
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1874
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2051
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1901
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1937
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1828
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$2058
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1921
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1913