Montreal vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Montreal	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1954	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4616	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$986	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$190	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2805	$2543
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	100	73
😀 Quality of life	93	92
🏙️ Population	1.76M	1.06M

The cost of living in Montreal is 76% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2002nd and 4890th ($1954 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 142nd in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Montreal compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Montreal ranked 2nd best city to live in Canada vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 60th and 91st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Sendai

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	Montreal	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.2	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2012	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.7	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7494	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4431	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.79	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.34	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.92	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.5	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.65	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$121	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.8	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6957	$6369

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057