Arlington vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$3115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	50
😀 Quality of life	73	90
🏙️ Population	394K	1.02M

The cost of living in Arlington is 8% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 2153rd and 1701st ($1883 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 25th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 1499th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Ottawa

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	Arlington	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$19030

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

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