Montreal vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$940	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1355
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	84
😀 Quality of life	93	81
🏙️ Population	1.8M	3.03M

The cost of living in Montreal is 108% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 2225th and 6071st ($1857 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 6th in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 51st and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Taichung

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	Montreal	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671