Montreal vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$940	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	100	90
😀 Quality of life	93	93
🏙️ Population	1.8M	1.51M

The cost of living in Montreal is 16% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2225th and 1352nd ($1857 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 1st in Canada and Germany, respectively. Check Canada vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 51st and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Munich

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	Montreal	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560