Montreal vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$940	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	93	74
🏙️ Population	1.8M	13.1M

The cost of living in Montreal is 49% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2225th and 4359th ($1857 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 1st in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 51st and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Moscow

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	Montreal	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$12252

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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

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592