Montreal vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$940	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$854
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	21
😀 Quality of life	93	40
🏙️ Population	1.8M	6.71M

The cost of living in Montreal is 106% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 2225th and 6043rd ($1857 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 13th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 51st and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Yancheng

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	Montreal	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$22179

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984