Kyiv vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kyiv	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$853	$1901
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2116	$4422
🏠 One person rent	$431	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$1684
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$193
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$446	$2928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	73	100
😀 Quality of life	64	93
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.9M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 55% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6533rd and 2370th ($853 vs $1901) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th in Ukraine and Canada, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 5360th and 49th 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	$9.21	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.78	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$1096
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$842
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$1985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.4	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.15	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.89%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2604	$5122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1122	$3877
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$75.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.68	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.8	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.89	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$99.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$381	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10572	$6432

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$479
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$448
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$589
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$727
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$397
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$475
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$518
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$477
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$799
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$527
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$760
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$458
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$628
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$789
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$543
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$749
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$572
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$732
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$501
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$690
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$840
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$954
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$685
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1048
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$746
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$608
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$924
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$834
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$676

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828