Louisville vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$2742
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	100
😀 Quality of life	87	93
🏙️ Population	246K	1.8M

The cost of living in Louisville is 2% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 2336th and 2225th ($1821 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 299th and 51st 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	$14.7	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$5725

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974

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