Montreal vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$940	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$973
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	100	56
😀 Quality of life	93	51
🏙️ Population	1.8M	39K

The cost of living in Montreal is 86% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 2225th and 5524th ($1857 vs $996) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 2nd in Canada and the Palestine, respectively. Check Canada vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 51st and 6159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Ramallah

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	Montreal	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$4230

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1931
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511