Miami vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Miami	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3178	$1903
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7315	$4337
🏠 One person rent	$2092	$969
🏘️ Family rent	$3715	$1582
🍽️ Food expenses	$767	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4255	$2945
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	84	100
😀 Quality of life	92	95
🏙️ Population	442K	1.8M

The cost of living in Miami is 67% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 118th and 2306th ($3178 vs $1903) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 88th and 52nd 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 1.3 months in Miami compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Miami ranked 33rd best city to live in the United States vs Montreal ranked 4th in Canada, while ranked 119th and 46th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Miami vs Montreal

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

	Miami	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$27	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.64	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.43	$1.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2504	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1788	$839
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4582	$1821
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3236	$1381
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.8	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$74.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.3	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6063	$6195
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3867	$4493
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.27	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.2	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.01	$2.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.73	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.54	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$2.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.01	$4.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.34	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$133
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.6	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1514	$509
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25246	$4789

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Miami

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Coral Gables	$2846
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Miami Beach	$2839
12 km or 7.2 mi	Hialeah	$2471
13 km or 8 mi	North Miami	$2726
14 km or 8.7 mi	Doral	$2622
16 km or 9.8 mi	Sweetwater	$2649
17 km or 10 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2543
17 km or 11 mi	North Miami Beach	$2773
18 km or 11 mi	Miami Lakes	$2588
18 km or 11 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
20 km or 12 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2813
20 km or 13 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2818
22 km or 13 mi	Aventura	$2794
23 km or 14 mi	Miramar	$2788
24 km or 15 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2845
24 km or 15 mi	Kendall West	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Cutler Bay	$2885
27 km or 17 mi	Hollywood	$3076
27 km or 17 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2977
29 km or 18 mi	Richmond West	$2905
30 km or 19 mi	Cooper	$2795
31 km or 19 mi	Dania Beach	$2847
34 km or 21 mi	Davie	$2741
38 km or 24 mi	Plantation	$2716
40 km or 25 mi	Fort Lauderdale	$2781
40 km or 25 mi	Weston	$2598
42 km or 26 mi	Sunrise	$2661
43 km or 26 mi	Lauderhill	$2751
43 km or 27 mi	Lauderdale Lakes	$2707
44 km or 27 mi	Homestead	$3343
44 km or 28 mi	Oakland Park	$2704
48 km or 30 mi	Tamarac	$2836
48 km or 30 mi	North Lauderdale	$2814
51 km or 32 mi	Pompano Beach	$2709
51 km or 32 mi	Margate	$2848
54 km or 34 mi	Coral Springs	$3224
55 km or 34 mi	Coconut Creek	$2794
59 km or 37 mi	Parkland	$2971
61 km or 38 mi	Deerfield Beach	$2450
66 km or 41 mi	Boca Raton	$3101

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1814
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1842
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2055
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1911
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1820
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1892
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1853
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1930
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1786
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1853
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1767
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1766
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1776
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1780
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1805
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1782
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1586
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1449
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1120
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1549
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1811