Montreal vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$940	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$725
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	100	60
😀 Quality of life	93	53
🏙️ Population	1.8M	9.4M

The cost of living in Montreal is 162% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 2225th and 6849th ($1857 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 51st in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1 months in Ningbo. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 51st and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Ningbo

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	Montreal	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$12465

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522