Montreal vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$940	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$553
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	43
😀 Quality of life	93	64
🏙️ Population	1.8M	1.08M

The cost of living in Montreal is 141% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2225th and 6565th ($1857 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 3rd in Canada and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Canada vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 51st and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Nur-Sultan

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	Montreal	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512