Los Angeles vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Los Angeles	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3196	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7594	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$2049	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$3732	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$709	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4771	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	99	100
😀 Quality of life	93	93
🏙️ Population	3.9M	1.8M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 72% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 80th and 2225th ($3196 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 71st and 51st in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Los Angeles compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Los Angeles ranked 7th best city to live in the United States vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 58th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Los Angeles 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/los-angeles/montreal.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Los Angeles vs Montreal infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/los-angeles/montreal" target="_blank">Los Angeles vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Los Angeles vs Montreal

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

	Los Angeles	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.7	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.7	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.51	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.77	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2168	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1758	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4056	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3293	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8056	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7115	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.5	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.1	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.05	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.26	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.25	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.63	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.3	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.1	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$190	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.8	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28838	$5725

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919

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