Montreal vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$940	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1888
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	100	72
😀 Quality of life	93	90
🏙️ Population	1.8M	1.06M

The cost of living in Montreal is 76% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2225th and 5132nd ($1857 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 324th 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 1.8 months in Sendai. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 51st and 156th 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	$15.9	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$5986

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034