Montreal vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Montreal	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$606
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4326	$1711
🏠 One person rent	$928	$206
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$464
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$264
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$21.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2722	$197
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	50
😀 Quality of life	95	52
🏙️ Population	1.76M	1.57M

The cost of living in Montreal is 201% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 2281st and 7596th ($1821 vs $606) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 76th and 38th in Canada and Iran, respectively. Check Canada vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 30th and 6176th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Shiraz

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	Montreal	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$3.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$59
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$3.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$780	$146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1952	$540
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1385	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.9	$30.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.7	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	21.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7593	$1181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4320	$1561
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.78	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.5	$2.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.94	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$3.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$5.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$0.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11	$2.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$5.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.06	$5.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$93.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$703	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7624	$2132

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$604
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$606
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$890
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$621
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$561
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$798
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$646
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$541
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$531
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$604
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$575
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$387
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$599
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$538
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$522
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$868
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$710
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$910
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$543
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$559
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1375
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1005
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1327
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1285
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$959
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$549
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1810
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$875
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698