Leipzig vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Leipzig	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1652	$1928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3912	$4433
🏠 One person rent	$798	$992
🏘️ Family rent	$1342	$1658
🍽️ Food expenses	$565	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3076	$3005
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	72	100
😀 Quality of life	92	96
🏙️ Population	620K	1.8M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 14% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 3436th and 2284th ($1652 vs $1928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 299th and 58th in Germany and Canada, respectively. Check Germany vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Leipzig compared to 1.6 months in Montreal. Leipzig ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 112th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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	$15.4	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.7	$65.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$6.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.17	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.74	$2.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$722	$1085
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$535	$852
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1325	$1939
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$942	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$275	$79.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.2	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5097	$5305
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2610	$4101
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.13	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.4	$76.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$18.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$3.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.1	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.07	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$4.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.8	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.2	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$568
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12468	$5550

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	$1576
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1510
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1435
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1446
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1404
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1432
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1451
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1401
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1453
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1488
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1467
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1179
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1454
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1334
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1460
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1462
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1276
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1464
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1146
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1396
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1330
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1490
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1355
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1466
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1460
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1475
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1325
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1305
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1475
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1437
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1473
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1476
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1862
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1923
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2080
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1897
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1923
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2047
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1861
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1918
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1930
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1852
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1838
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1935
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1896
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1642
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1458
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1142
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1589
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1805