Kyiv vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$1954
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$4616
🏠 One person rent	$419	$986
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$1716
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$608
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$190
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$2805
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	70	100
😀 Quality of life	64	93
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.76M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 59% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6450th and 2002nd ($795 vs $1954) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 54th in Ukraine and Canada, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.4 months in Montreal. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 4556th and 60th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Montreal

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	Kyiv	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.27	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$6.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$2012
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$1492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$42.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$7494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$4431
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$2.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$3.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$5.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$3.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$121
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$32.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$669
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$6957

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1861
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1896
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2057
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1878
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1927
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1996
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1845
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1823
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1836
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1799
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1843
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1828
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1657
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1540
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1187
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1624
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1610