Montreal vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$940	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1106
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	62
😀 Quality of life	93	49
🏙️ Population	1.8M	9.08M

The cost of living in Montreal is 284% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 2225th and 8735th ($1857 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 524th 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 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 51st and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Xuzhou

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	Montreal	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$22170

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746