Montreal vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$940	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$903
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	82
😀 Quality of life	93	69
🏙️ Population	1.8M	15.4M

The cost of living in Montreal is 160% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 2225th and 6818th ($1857 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 2nd in Canada and India, respectively. Check Canada vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 51st and 2865th 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	$15.9	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$3007

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296