Montreal vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$940	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	100	24
😀 Quality of life	93	39
🏙️ Population	1.8M	6.56M

The cost of living in Montreal is 214% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2225th and 7740th ($1857 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 51st and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Shaoyang

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	Montreal	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600