Ahmedabad vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$2096
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$159	$1231
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$183	$576
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.3	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$310	$3333
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	57	50
😀 Quality of life	58	92
🏙️ Population	7.65M	1.02M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 79% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 8888th and 1744th ($442 vs $2096) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 24th in India and Canada, respectively. Check India vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.6 months in Ottawa. Ahmedabad ranked 28th best city to live in India vs Ottawa ranked 11th in Canada, while ranked 6115th and 129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Ottawa

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	Ahmedabad	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.38	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.1	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$1036
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$200	$1647
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.9	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.39	$47.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.05%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$4937
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$715	$3196
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$95.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.89	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.99	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.93	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.09	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.9	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.39	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$66
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.22	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$89
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.7	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1440	$15527

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$375
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$374
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$366
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$324
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$315
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$705
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$278
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$303
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$290
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$305
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$264
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$328
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$361
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$382
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$330
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$350
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$303
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$322
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$267
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$333
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$399
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$487
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$274
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$349
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$705
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$366
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$382
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$517
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$297
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$334
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$387
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$324
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$290
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$335

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822