Montreal vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Montreal	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$807
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4326	$1929
🏠 One person rent	$928	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$802
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2722	$612
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	28
😀 Quality of life	95	38
🏙️ Population	1.76M	431K

The cost of living in Montreal is 126% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 2281st and 6362nd ($1821 vs $807) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 76th and 1st in Canada and Namibia, respectively. Check Canada vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 0.8 months in Windhoek. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 30th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Montreal vs Windhoek infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/montreal/windhoek.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Montreal vs Windhoek infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/montreal/windhoek" target="_blank">Montreal vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Montreal vs Windhoek

Prices for goods and services in Montreal and Windhoek are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Montreal	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$7.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$1.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$1.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$398
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$780	$297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1952	$756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1385	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.9	$79
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.7	$56.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	11.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7593	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4320	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.78	$0.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.5	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$7.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.94	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$5.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11	$2.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$2.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.06	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$36.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$34.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$63
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$703	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7624	$3671

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$738
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$749
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$751
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$717
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$765
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$723
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$718
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$687
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$677
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$643
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$603
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$633
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$631
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$656
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$719
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$554
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$605
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$753
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$511
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$734
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$550
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$702
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$751
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$682
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$875
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$776
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$889
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$771
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$783
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$755
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$733
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$741