Montreal vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Montreal	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4326	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$928	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2722	$626
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	43
😀 Quality of life	95	63
🏙️ Population	1.76M	1.08M

The cost of living in Montreal is 124% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2281st and 6335th ($1821 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 76th and 4th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 30th and 4845th 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	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$780	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1952	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1385	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.9	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.7	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7593	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4320	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.78	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.5	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.94	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.06	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$703	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7624	$8086

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Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1869
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1808
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1962
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1821
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1840
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2105
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1949
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1882
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1912
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1888
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1846
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1874
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1874
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1835
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1846
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1835
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1820
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1906
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1813
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1845
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1783
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1808
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1772
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1827
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1808
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1847
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1659
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1894
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1705
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1797
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1757
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1626
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2014
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1397
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1158
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1558
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1576

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651