Montreal vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Montreal	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4326	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$928	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2722	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	1.76M	1.86M

The cost of living in Montreal is 24% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2281st and 3564th ($1821 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 76th and 1st in Canada and Poland, respectively. Check Canada vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 30th and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Warsaw

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	Montreal	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$780	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1952	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1385	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.9	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.7	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7593	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4320	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.78	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.5	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.94	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.06	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$703	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7624	$11854

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385