Edinburgh vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$3115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	88	50
😀 Quality of life	94	90
🏙️ Population	488K	1.02M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 4% more expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 1491st and 1701st ($2140 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 25th in the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 34th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Ottawa

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	Edinburgh	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$19030

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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