El Paso vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$980	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$3115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	50
😀 Quality of life	79	90
🏙️ Population	679K	1.02M

The cost of living in El Paso is 12% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 2363rd and 1701st ($1813 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st 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 El Paso compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 633rd and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Ottawa

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	El Paso	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$19030

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

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