La Paz vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	La Paz	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$1901
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1664	$4422
🏠 One person rent	$297	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$501	$1684
🍽️ Food expenses	$248	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$193
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$2928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	100
😀 Quality of life	57	93
🏙️ Population	756K	1.9M

The cost of living in La Paz is 63% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 7306th and 2370th ($694 vs $1901) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 64th in Bolivia and Canada, respectively. Check Bolivia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. La Paz ranked 1st best city to live in Bolivia vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 6167th and 49th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Montreal

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	La Paz	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.7	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$1096
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$842
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$1985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$404	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.2	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.16%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1309	$5122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$594	$3877
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.3	$75.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.2	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.56	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.61	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.47	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.58	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.4	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.1	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.85	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.8	$99.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$176	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2571	$6432

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$691
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$628
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$558
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$625
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$589
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$611
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$459
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$686
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$670
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$776
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$630
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$526
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$589
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$958
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$631
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$804
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$612
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$565
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$690
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$768
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$815
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$621
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$816
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1043
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$811
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$725
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$634
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$786
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$607
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$598
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$645
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$665
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$571
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$759
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$575
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$815
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$716
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$1034
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$820
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$670

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