Cologne vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$947	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$3115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	50
😀 Quality of life	96	90
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.02M

The cost of living in Cologne is 15% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 2551st and 1701st ($1744 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 25th in Germany and Canada, respectively. Check Germany vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 12th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Cologne vs Ottawa infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/cologne/ottawa.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Cologne vs Ottawa infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/cologne/ottawa" target="_blank">Cologne vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Cologne vs Ottawa

Prices for goods and services in Cologne and Ottawa are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Cologne	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$19030

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

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