Mexico City vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1954
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$4616
🏠 One person rent	$611	$986
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1716
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$608
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$190
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$2805
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	100
😀 Quality of life	68	93
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.76M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 39% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4630th and 2002nd ($1190 vs $1954) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 54th in Mexico and Canada, respectively. Check Mexico vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.4 months in Montreal. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 3360th and 60th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Montreal

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	Mexico City	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$6.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$2.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$2012
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$1492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$42.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$7494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$4431
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$2.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$3.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$5.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$3.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$3.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$121
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$32.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$669
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$6957

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1861
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1896
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2057
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1878
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1927
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1996
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1845
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1823
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1836
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1799
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1843
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1828
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1657
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1540
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1187
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1624
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1610