Montreal vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Montreal	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1954	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4616	$1979
🏠 One person rent	$986	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$1047
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$190	$57.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2805	$910
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	82
😀 Quality of life	93	64
🏙️ Population	1.76M	15.4M

The cost of living in Montreal is 173% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 2002nd and 6838th ($1954 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 2nd in Canada and India, respectively. Check Canada vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Montreal compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Montreal ranked 2nd best city to live in Canada vs Mumbai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 60th and 4476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Mumbai

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	Montreal	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.2	$24.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$538
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2012	$1611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$817
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.7	$8.63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	8.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7494	$7369
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4431	$3505
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.79	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$8.39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.34	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.92	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$7.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$2.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.5	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.65	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$24.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$121	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.8	$2.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$60.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6957	$2724

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$484
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$396
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$288
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$519
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$346
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$312
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$284
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$785
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$394
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$406
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$332
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$310
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$321
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$294
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$357
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$348
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$491
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$409
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$402
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$488
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$399
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$429
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$391
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$344
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$357
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$254
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$335
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$304
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$402
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$379
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$327
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$364
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$283