Montreal vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$940	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$707
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	24
😀 Quality of life	93	38
🏙️ Population	1.8M	7.82M

The cost of living in Montreal is 152% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2225th and 6735th ($1857 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 43rd in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 51st and 7140th 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	$15.9	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529