Louisville vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$1928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$4433
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$992
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$1658
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$3005
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	100
😀 Quality of life	88	96
🏙️ Population	246K	1.8M

The cost of living in Louisville is 5% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 2713th and 2284th ($1837 vs $1928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 58th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.6 months in Montreal. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 333rd and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Montreal

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	Louisville	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$65.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$6.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$2.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$1085
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$852
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$1939
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$79.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$5305
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$4101
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$76.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$18.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$4.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$568
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$5550

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

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