Montreal vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$940	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1450
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	73
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	1.8M	1.96M

The cost of living in Montreal is 54% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 2225th and 4470th ($1857 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 39th in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 51st and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Sapporo

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	Montreal	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088