Montreal vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$940	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$444
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	40
😀 Quality of life	93	48
🏙️ Population	1.8M	5.94M

The cost of living in Montreal is 141% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 2225th and 6559th ($1857 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 1st in Canada and India, respectively. Check Canada vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 51st and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Surat

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	Montreal	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340