Montreal vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Montreal	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1901	$531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4422	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$984	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$1684	$350
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$193	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2928	$924
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	55
😀 Quality of life	93	52
🏙️ Population	1.9M	9.08M

The cost of living in Montreal is 258% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 2370th and 8496th ($1901 vs $531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 64th and 466th 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Montreal ranked 2nd best city to live in Canada vs Xuzhou ranked 101st in China, while ranked 49th and 6556th 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	$15.7	$2.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.08	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1096	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1985	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$7.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.54%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5122	$2128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3877	$1668
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.68	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.6	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$4.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$1.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$5.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$0.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.34	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$7.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$3.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$52.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$607	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6432	$22004

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Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$595
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$605
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$588
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$585
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$587
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$633
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$523
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$575
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$612
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$523
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$571
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$613
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$624
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$672
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$567
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$560
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$562
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$578
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$550
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$635
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$610
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$555
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$589
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$644
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$670
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$508
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$457
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$546
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$549
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$650
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$693
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$789