Kitakyushu vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kitakyushu	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1003	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2593	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$369	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1677	$2742
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	100
😀 Quality of life	71	93
🏙️ Population	935K	1.8M

The cost of living in Kitakyushu is 46% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 5478th and 2225th ($1003 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 531st and 51st in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Kitakyushu compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Kitakyushu ranked 290th best city to live in Japan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 2236th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kitakyushu vs Montreal

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	Kitakyushu	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.93	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.2	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.68	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.78	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$178	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.1	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.65%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4955	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2349	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.59	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.6	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.42	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.05	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.35	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.03	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.6	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.3	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11851	$5725

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Cities near Kitakyushu

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Shimonoseki	$950
15 km or 9.3 mi	Kanda	$918
17 km or 11 mi	Mizumaki	$916
18 km or 11 mi	Nakama	$916
20 km or 12 mi	Yukuhashi	$912
21 km or 13 mi	Nogata	$916
24 km or 15 mi	Fukuchi	$910
25 km or 16 mi	Okagaki	$913
27 km or 17 mi	Miyawaka	$913
28 km or 17 mi	Tagawa	$908
31 km or 19 mi	San'yo-Onoda	$884
32 km or 20 mi	Iizuka	$908
33 km or 20 mi	Munakata	$916
38 km or 24 mi	Buzen	$902
38 km or 24 mi	Fukutsu	$916
39 km or 24 mi	Kama	$899
40 km or 25 mi	Ube	$863
42 km or 26 mi	Koga	$921
42 km or 26 mi	Nakatsu	$905
43 km or 27 mi	Mine	$854
44 km or 27 mi	Sasaguri	$921
44 km or 28 mi	Shingu	$919
48 km or 30 mi	Sue	$917
48 km or 30 mi	Kasuya	$922
49 km or 31 mi	Umi	$918
49 km or 31 mi	Shime	$925
53 km or 33 mi	Dazaifu	$903
54 km or 33 mi	Onojo	$920
54 km or 34 mi	Chikuzen	$872
55 km or 34 mi	Kasuga	$920
55 km or 34 mi	Chikushino	$896
55 km or 34 mi	Asakura	$866
55 km or 34 mi	Fukuoka	$1057
58 km or 36 mi	Usa	$908
60 km or 37 mi	Nakagawa	$911
61 km or 38 mi	Ukiha	$866
61 km or 38 mi	Nagato	$864
62 km or 39 mi	Ogori	$847
63 km or 39 mi	Hita	$884
63 km or 39 mi	Bungotakada	$910

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692