Montreal vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Montreal	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1901	$321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4422	$758
🏠 One person rent	$984	$126
🏘️ Family rent	$1684	$189
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$121
🚐 Transport expenses	$193	$43.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2928	$148
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	100	48
😀 Quality of life	93	34
🏙️ Population	1.9M	1.97M

The cost of living in Montreal is 492% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 2370th and 9130th ($1901 vs $321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 64th and 28th in Canada and Pakistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Montreal ranked 2nd best city to live in Canada vs Peshawar ranked 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 49th and 8525th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Peshawar

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	Montreal	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.7	$2.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$8.99
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.08	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1096	$110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$59.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1985	$157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$96
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$70.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.54%	14.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5122	$356
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3877	$279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.68	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.6	$9.26
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$4.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$2.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.34	$1.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$10.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$2.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$10.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$12
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$44.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$607	$33.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6432	$3008

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Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$394
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$373
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$381
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$371
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$373
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$496
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$438
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$456
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$504
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$280
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$391
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$253
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$335
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$447
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$393
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$382
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$344
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$306
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$359
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$309
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$313
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$379
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$332
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$286
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$339
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$450
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$468
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$340
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$397
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$401
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$440
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$371
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$350
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$346
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734