Montreal vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$940	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	54
😀 Quality of life	93	66
🏙️ Population	1.8M	8.78M

The cost of living in Montreal is 188% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2225th and 7256th ($1857 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 118th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 51st and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Quanzhou

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	Montreal	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936