Leipzig vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leipzig	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1516	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3783	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$764	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1542	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2738	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	72	100
😀 Quality of life	92	93
🏙️ Population	620K	1.8M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 18% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 3353rd and 2225th ($1516 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 271st and 51st in Germany and Canada, respectively. Check Germany vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Leipzig ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 87th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Leipzig vs Montreal infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/leipzig/montreal.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Leipzig vs Montreal infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/leipzig/montreal" target="_blank">Leipzig vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Leipzig vs Montreal

Prices for goods and services in Leipzig and Montreal are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Leipzig	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.42	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$687	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3984	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2535	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.2	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.1	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9452	$5725

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307

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