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Lisbon vs
Montreal
Cost-of-living comparison and salary equivalence. Enter your current salary to see what you'd need to earn to live equally well.
To keep the same standard of living in Montreal, CA, you'd need
$76,793 / year
Montreal, CA is 2% more expensive overall
Category breakdown (Montreal, CA vs Lisbon, PT)
- Housing-14%
- Food & groceries+15%
- Transport+14%
- Utilities-2%
- Healthcare+7%
- Goods & services+14%
◎ How Lisbon, PT and Montreal, CA compare
Index vs the US average — the line marks 100. Lower is cheaper.
▤ Full comparison
| Lisbon, PT | Montreal, CA | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | ||
| Overall cost index | 97 | 99 |
| Housing | 118 | 102 |
| Food | 92 | 106 |
| Transport | 70 | 80 |
| Utilities | 100 | 98 |
| Healthcare | 75 | 80 |
| Goods & services | 92 | 105 |
| Housing | ||
| Rent, 1-bed centre | $1,300/mo | $1,150/mo |
| Rent, 1-bed outside | $950/mo | $900/mo |
| Rent, 3-bed centre | $2,400/mo | $2,200/mo |
| Buy price / m² centre | $6,000 | $5,500 |
| Money & purchasing power | ||
| $1,000 goes as far as | $1,035 | $1,011 |
| Inexpensive meal | $12 | $18 |
| Monthly transit pass | $45 | $70 |
| Taxes | ||
| Income tax (top rate) | 48% | 33% |
| VAT / sales tax | 23% | 5% |
| Corporate tax | 21% | 26.5% |
| Capital gains | 28% | — |
| Economy & salaries | ||
| Avg net salary | $1,300/mo | $3,300/mo |
| Minimum wage | $1,000/mo | $1,900/mo |
| GDP per capita | $32,082 | $55,698 |
| Inflation (annual) | 2.3% | 2.1% |
| Work & digital nomad | ||
| Digital-nomad visa | Yes | Yes |
| English proficiency | Moderate | High |
| Coworking spaces | 60 | 50 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 | UTC-5 |
| Quality of life | ||
| Safety index | 68 | 72 |
| Healthcare index | 76 | 78 |
| Pollution index | 40 | 35 |
| Internet speed | 200 Mbps | 180 Mbps |
| Walkability | 82 | 78 |
| Public transport | 78 | 78 |
| Family-friendly | 66 | 74 |
| Tap water | Safe to drink | Safe to drink |
| Life expectancy | 82 yr | 82 yr |
| LGBTQ+ acceptance | High | High |
| Climate | ||
| January avg | +11 °C | -9 °C |
| July avg | +23 °C | +21 °C |
| Sunny days / year | 260 | 160 |
| Rainfall / year | 725 mm | 1,000 mm |
| Connectivity | ||
| Flight to nearest hub | 1 h | 2 h |
Taxes & Economy & salaries: Portugal vs Canada. Estimates use approximate cost-of-living indices (US average = 100) and are for general guidance only.
Good to know before you move to Lisbon
Sunny, hilly and the poster child for the digital-nomad wave — locals feel priced out as rents climb.
- Currency
- Euro (€ EUR)
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Time zone
- UTC+0
- Internet
- 200 Mbps
- English
- Fairly common
- Safety
- 68/100
- Climate
- ❄ 11°C · ☀ 23°C · 260 sunny days/yr
- Tap water
- Safe to drink
- Power
- F · 230V
- Driving
- Right-hand side
- Popular areas
- Alfama · Príncipe Real · Alcântara
Good to know before you move to Montreal
A bilingual, European-flavoured metropolis and the most affordable of Canada's big cities — rents well below Toronto or Vancouver, a huge festival and food culture, and cheap universities. The catch is the long, brutally cold winter and Quebec's French-first bureaucracy.
- Currency
- Canadian dollar ($ CAD)
- Languages
- English, French
- Time zone
- UTC-5
- Internet
- 180 Mbps
- English
- Widely spoken
- Safety
- 72/100
- Climate
- ❄ -9°C · ☀ 21°C · 160 sunny days/yr
- Tap water
- Safe to drink
- Power
- A/B · 120V
- Driving
- Right-hand side
- Popular areas
- Plateau-Mont-Royal · Mile End · Griffintown · Rosemont
Plan your move to Lisbon
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? Frequently asked questions
Moving from Lisbon to Montreal: cheaper or more expensive?
Moving from Lisbon to Montreal, your cost of living will be roughly 2% more expensive. Montreal’s cost-of-living index is 99 versus 97 for Lisbon (US = 100). Use the salary tool above to see the income you’d need to keep the same lifestyle.
Is Lisbon cheaper than Montreal?
Montreal is about 2% more expensive than Lisbon overall — its cost-of-living index is 99 versus 97 for Lisbon.
How much do you need to earn in Montreal to live like in Lisbon?
To keep the same standard of living, a $75,000 salary in Lisbon is worth about $76,793 in Montreal. Enter your own figure in the calculator above.
Which has lower taxes, Lisbon or Montreal?
Canada has the lower top income-tax rate — 33% versus 48% in Portugal.
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Estimates use approximate cost-of-living indices (US average = 100) and are for general guidance only.