Montreal vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$2916
🏠 One person rent	$940	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1530
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	52
😀 Quality of life	93	67
🏙️ Population	1.8M	791K

The cost of living in Montreal is 75% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 2225th and 5101st ($1857 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 306th in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1.4 months in Niigata. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Niigata ranked 581st in Japan, while ranked 51st and 3754th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Niigata

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	Montreal	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$2.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$32.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$2858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$2642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$22.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$44.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$83.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$15118

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1004
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1011
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1018
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1022
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1029
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1021
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1047
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1024
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1095
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1034
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1076
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1066
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1092
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1035
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$997
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1096
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1050
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1112
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$986
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1069
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1029
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$978
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$980
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1047
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1082
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1008
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$973
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1016
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1038
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1042
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$983
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$988
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$985
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1065
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1052