Montreal vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Montreal	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1928	$863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4433	$2104
🏠 One person rent	$992	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$1658	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3005	$378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	100	57
😀 Quality of life	96	62
🏙️ Population	1.8M	2.42M

The cost of living in Montreal is 123% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 2284th and 6516th ($1928 vs $863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 58th and 12th in Canada and Brazil, respectively. Check Canada vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Montreal compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Salvador ranked 18th in Brazil, while ranked 11th and 5693rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/montreal/salvador.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Montreal vs Salvador infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/montreal/salvador" target="_blank">Montreal vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Montreal vs Salvador

Prices for goods and services in Montreal and Salvador are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Montreal	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.8	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.9	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$7.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.46	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$4.06	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1085	$365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$852	$270
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1939	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$74.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.47%	10.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5305	$1920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4101	$1029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.78	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.6	$50.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.2	$9.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$6.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.49	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$6.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.53	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$8.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$72.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$568	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5550	$14902

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1862
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1923
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2080
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1897
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1923
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2047
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1861
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1918
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1930
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1852
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1838
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1935
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1896
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1642
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1458
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1142
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1589
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1805

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$667
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$676
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$568
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$645
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$607
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$645
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$548
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$492
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$651
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$589
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$583
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$628
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$614
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$595
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$648
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$647
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$488
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$608
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$611
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$726
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$602
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$677
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$687
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$611
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$628
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$598
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$609
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$579
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$615
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$598
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$669
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$611
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$609
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$626
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$743