Montreal vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$940	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1589
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	93	86
🏙️ Population	1.8M	4.04M

The cost of living in Montreal is 73% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2225th and 5000th ($1857 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 2nd in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 51st and 302nd 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	$15.9	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581