Charlotte vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$3115
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	68	50
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	875K	1.02M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 23% more expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 761st and 1701st ($2528 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th 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 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 252nd and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Ottawa

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	Charlotte	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$19030

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888

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