Montreal vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Montreal	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4326	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$928	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2722	$643
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	24
😀 Quality of life	95	41
🏙️ Population	1.76M	7.82M

The cost of living in Montreal is 145% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2281st and 6604th ($1821 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 76th and 53rd 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 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 30th and 7053rd 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	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$780	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1952	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1385	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.9	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7593	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4320	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.78	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.5	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.94	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.06	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$703	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7624	$14498

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Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1869
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1808
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1962
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1821
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1840
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2105
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1949
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1882
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1912
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1888
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1846
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1874
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1874
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1835
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1846
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1835
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1820
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1906
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1813
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1845
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1783
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1808
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1772
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1827
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1808
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1847
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1659
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1894
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1705
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1797
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1757
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1626
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2014
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1397
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1158
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1558
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1576

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543