Lahore vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$163	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$2742
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	100
😀 Quality of life	46	93
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.8M

The cost of living in Lahore is 78% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 8934th and 2225th ($411 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 51st in Pakistan and Canada, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 6486th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Montreal

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	Lahore	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$5725

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346

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