Montreal vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Montreal	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1954	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4616	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$986	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$190	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2805	$1262
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	93	74
🏙️ Population	1.76M	13M

The cost of living in Montreal is 82% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2002nd and 5091st ($1954 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 1st in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Montreal compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Montreal ranked 2nd best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 60th and 1280th 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	$16.6	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.2	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2012	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.7	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7494	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4431	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.79	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.34	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.92	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.5	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.65	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$121	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.8	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6957	$11652

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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

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541