Montreal vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$940	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1146
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	100	70
😀 Quality of life	93	68
🏙️ Population	1.8M	12.7M

The cost of living in Montreal is 114% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2225th and 6198th ($1857 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 51st and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Suzhou

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	Montreal	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613