Mashhad vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mashhad	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$508	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1452	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$169	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$180	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.7	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$216	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	46	100
😀 Quality of life	50	93
🏙️ Population	3M	1.8M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 73% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 8574th and 2225th ($508 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 51st in Iran and Canada, respectively. Check Iran vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Mashhad compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 6227th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Montreal

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	Mashhad	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.51	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.08	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$325	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.75	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.5	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.07%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1263	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$773	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.35	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.48	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.23	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$7.94	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.89	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.22	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.6	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.99	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$29	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.9	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.5	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$68	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$618	$5725

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788

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