What a trip to Quebec City costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.
Food, getting around and sights in Quebec City come to CA$130–160 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top.Prices reviewed: November 2026.
Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.
You still need, flights aside
CA$1,800–2,200
≈ $1,300 – $1,600 · rate of October 16, 2026
CA$130–160 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people
Expected
CA$1,800–2,200
Most trips land in here
Set aside
CA$2,200
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
CA$200
10% of the trip
FoodCA$980–1,300
Getting aroundCA$220–320
Airport, both waysCA$16
Sights and activitiesCA$310–420
Nights outCA$100–150
Lodging tax and odds and endsCA$75–100
Of that, in cash: CA$22–240
The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.
Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
Flights are not included.
You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles
What a day in Quebec City costs, by how you travel
Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.
Budget
CA$85–100 per person per day
Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.
FoodLocal and cheap
CA$50–64
Getting aroundPublic transport
CA$15–23
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
CA$11–15
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
CA$3.80–5.10
Mid-range
CA$130–160 per person per day
Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.
FoodMixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
CA$70–94
Getting aroundPublic transport
CA$15–23
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
CA$22–30
Nights outNow and then
CA$7.40–11.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
CA$5.40–7.30
Comfort
CA$210–250 per person per day
The best food level we can price, public transport, two paid sights a day.
FoodRestaurants most of the time
CA$120–150
Getting aroundPublic transport
CA$15–23
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
CA$44–60
Nights outNow and then
CA$7.40–11.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
CA$9.20–12.00
A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.
By length of trip
How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in Quebec City
Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights. It is not the daily figure times the days: airport transfers are paid once, so they weigh less the longer you stay.
Days
Budget
Mid-range
Comfort
3
CA$260–310 CA$88–100 a day
CA$400–480 CA$130–160 a day
CA$650–760 CA$220–250 a day
5
CA$440–520 CA$87–100 a day
CA$640–770 CA$130–150 a day
CA$1,100–1,200 CA$210–250 a day
7
CA$610–720 CA$87–100 a day
CA$910–1,100 CA$130–160 a day
CA$1,500–1,700 CA$210–250 a day
10
CA$860–1,000 CA$86–100 a day
CA$1,300–1,600 CA$130–160 a day
CA$2,100–2,500 CA$210–250 a day
14
CA$1,200–1,400 CA$86–100 a day
CA$1,800–2,200 CA$130–160 a day
CA$3,000–3,500 CA$210–250 a day
Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.
Prices
What things cost in Quebec City
Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.
What
Price
Source
Eating and drinking
Toast and coffee, Casse-Croûte Pierrot
CA$5.20
From the sourceNov 2026
Two eggs with potatoes, toast and coffee, Casse-Croûte Pierrot
CA$9.40
From the sourceNov 2026
Classic two-egg breakfast, Le Cochon Dingue
CA$17.95
From the sourceNov 2026
Crêpes, Le Cochon Dingue
CA$15.95
From the sourceNov 2026
Café au lait, Le Cochon Dingue
CA$5.95
From the sourceNov 2026
Hamburger, Casse-Croûte Pierrot
CA$6.50
From the sourceNov 2026
Hamburger plate with fries and coleslaw, Casse-Croûte Pierrot
CA$10.80
From the sourceNov 2026
Small poutine, Casse-Croûte Pierrot
CA$12.60
From the sourceNov 2026
Poutine, Le Cochon Dingue
CA$21.95
From the sourceNov 2026
Burger, Le Cochon Dingue
CA$24.95
From the sourceNov 2026
Fish and chips, Le Cochon Dingue
CA$25.95
From the sourceNov 2026
Steak frites, Le Cochon Dingue
CA$36.95
From the sourceNov 2026
Menu of the day, noon–5 pm, with wine or beer, Aux Anciens Canadiens
CA$39.95
From the sourceNov 2026
Beer, 500 ml, Casse-Croûte Pierrot
CA$10.00
From the sourceNov 2026
Stella Artois, 20 oz, Le Cochon Dingue
CA$11.50
From the sourceNov 2026
Glass of wine, 5 oz, Le Cochon Dingue
CA$9.00
From the sourceNov 2026
Getting around
RTC bus, single ticket
CA$3.85
From the sourceNov 2026
RTC 1-day pass
CA$10.50
From the sourceNov 2026
RTC 5-day pass
CA$34.75
From the sourceNov 2026
RTC route 80, airport–Saint-Roch, cash
CA$4.00
From the sourceNov 2026
Taxi, airport–downtown, daytime flat fare
CA$41.40
From the sourceNov 2026
Sights
La Citadelle de Québec, adult
CA$22.00
From the sourceNov 2026
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, adult, at the door
CA$30.00
From the sourceNov 2026
Menu prices here exclude tax and tip: the budget adds the 14.975% sales tax to everything, plus a 15%–15% tip on what you eat or drink sitting down, the range the tourism office gives. The tip is a custom, not a measured price.
From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.
What each food level is made of
A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.
Local and cheap
From Two eggs with potatoes, toast and coffee, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Hamburger, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Small poutine, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Beer, 500 ml, Casse-Croûte Pierrot (CA$38.50 on the menu; CA$50.04 with tax and tip) to Two eggs with potatoes, toast and coffee, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Hamburger plate with fries and coleslaw, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Small poutine, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Hamburger, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Beer, 500 ml, Casse-Croûte Pierrot (CA$49.30 on the menu; CA$64.08 with tax and tip).
Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
From Two eggs with potatoes, toast and coffee, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Hamburger plate with fries and coleslaw, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Poutine, Le Cochon Dingue + Stella Artois, 20 oz, Le Cochon Dingue (CA$53.65 on the menu; CA$69.73 with tax and tip) to Classic two-egg breakfast, Le Cochon Dingue + Café au lait, Le Cochon Dingue + Hamburger plate with fries and coleslaw, Casse-Croûte Pierrot + Fish and chips, Le Cochon Dingue + Stella Artois, 20 oz, Le Cochon Dingue (CA$72.15 on the menu; CA$93.78 with tax and tip).
Restaurants most of the time
From Crêpes, Le Cochon Dingue + Café au lait, Le Cochon Dingue + Menu of the day, noon–5 pm, with wine or beer, Aux Anciens Canadiens + Burger, Le Cochon Dingue + Glass of wine, 5 oz, Le Cochon Dingue (CA$95.80 on the menu; CA$125 with tax and tip) to Classic two-egg breakfast, Le Cochon Dingue + Café au lait, Le Cochon Dingue + Menu of the day, noon–5 pm, with wine or beer, Aux Anciens Canadiens + Steak frites, Le Cochon Dingue + Glass of wine, 5 oz, Le Cochon Dingue × 2 (CA$119 on the menu; CA$154 with tax and tip).
Getting around
Which ticket pays off
A pass is only cheaper past a certain number of rides. This is that number, worked out from the published fares.
1-day pass at CA$10.50: it pays off from 3 rides a day at CA$3.85 each.
5-day pass at CA$34.75: it pays off from 2 rides a day at CA$3.85 each.
A pass only counts on the lines it covers. Check which ones before you buy.
Accommodation
What the night costs, and the tax on top
There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.
Lodging tax
18.999% of the room price
Saving
What saves money in Quebec City, and what does not
Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.
What saves
Eating “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: CA$55–61 less per person per day.
Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner”: CA$20–30 less per person per day.
“Small poutine, Casse-Croûte Pierrot” (CA$12.60) instead of “Poutine, Le Cochon Dingue” (CA$21.95): CA$9.35 less each time.
“Two eggs with potatoes, toast and coffee, Casse-Croûte Pierrot” (CA$9.40) instead of “Classic two-egg breakfast, Le Cochon Dingue” (CA$17.95): CA$8.55 less each time.
What does not
The 1-day pass (CA$10.50) on fewer than 3 rides of CA$3.85 a day: it costs more than paying for each ticket.
Paying
Payments and tipping in Canada
What holds for the whole country: where a card is enough, where to change money, and whether to tip.
Where a card is enough
Only the places a source speaks about. Where it says nothing, neither do we.
Where
How you pay
Small shops
Card From the source
In 2025, 90% of consumer spending in the country was not paid in cash.
From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.
Where to change money
The cheapest route is usually an ATM and a card that does not charge for converting; whether yours does is up to your bank. These are the places that change cash.
Airports
Tipping
Restaurants
Customary
If something goes wrong
The numbers and where to go, as the official source publishes them.
How much money do you need for a week in Quebec City?
For seven days, CA$910–1,100 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.
How much money do you need for 3 days in Quebec City?
For 3 days, CA$400–480 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.
What is a realistic daily budget in Quebec City?
Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: CA$85–100 on the “Budget” style, CA$130–160 on the “Mid-range” style, and CA$210–250 on the “Comfort” style.
Can you travel to Quebec City on a budget?
The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: CA$85–100 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.
How much does food cost in Quebec City?
From CA$50 per person per day (“Local and cheap”) to CA$150 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.
How much does transport cost in Quebec City?
A ride on public transport costs CA$3.85. The 1-day pass costs CA$10.50 and pays off from 3 rides a day at CA$3.85 each.
Is there a lodging tax in Quebec City?
Yes: 18.999% of the room price.
How much cash should you carry in Quebec City?
For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about CA$11–120 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.
Is it better to use cash or card in Quebec City?
By card: small shops.
Do you tip in Quebec City?
Restaurants: customary.
Sources
Where every figure comes from
Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: November 2026.
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