Montreal vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Montreal	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1954	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4616	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$986	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$190	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2805	$1661
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	95
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	1.76M	4.04M

The cost of living in Montreal is 84% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2002nd and 5212th ($1954 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 2nd in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Montreal compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Montreal ranked 2nd best city to live in Canada vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 60th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs New Taipei

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	Montreal	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.2	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2012	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.7	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7494	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4431	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.79	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.34	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.92	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.5	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.65	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$121	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6957	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605