Ahmedabad vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$166	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$3115
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	57	50
😀 Quality of life	54	90
🏙️ Population	7.65M	1.02M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 78% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 8848th and 1701st ($452 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 25th in India and Canada, respectively. Check India vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 5984th and 162nd 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	$3.45	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$19030

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800