Montreal vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Montreal	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1954	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4616	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$986	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$190	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2805	$437
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	100	56
😀 Quality of life	93	58
🏙️ Population	1.76M	2.42M

The cost of living in Montreal is 164% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 2002nd and 6712th ($1954 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 23rd in Canada and Brazil, respectively. Check Canada vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Montreal compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Montreal ranked 2nd best city to live in Canada vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 60th and 5558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Salvador

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	Montreal	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.2	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2012	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.7	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7494	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4431	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.79	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.34	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.92	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.5	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.65	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$121	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.8	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6957	$10964

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Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1861
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1896
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2057
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1878
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1927
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1996
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1845
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1823
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1836
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1799
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1843
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1828
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1657
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1540
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1187
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1624
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1610

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610