Montreal vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Montreal	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1954	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4616	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$986	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$190	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2805	$679
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	24
😀 Quality of life	93	38
🏙️ Population	1.76M	7.82M

The cost of living in Montreal is 152% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2002nd and 6542nd ($1954 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 43rd in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Montreal compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Montreal ranked 2nd best city to live in Canada vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 60th and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Shangqiu

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	Montreal	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.2	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2012	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.7	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7494	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4431	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.79	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.34	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.92	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.5	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.65	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$121	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.8	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6957	$18304

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542