El Paso vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	El Paso	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$2096
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4015	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$981	$1231
🏘️ Family rent	$1643	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$588	$576
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.9	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3306	$3333
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	50
😀 Quality of life	81	92
🏙️ Population	679K	1.02M

The cost of living in El Paso is 15% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 2820th and 1744th ($1778 vs $2096) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1979th and 24th 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 1.9 months in El Paso compared to 1.6 months in Ottawa. El Paso ranked 206th best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 11th in Canada, while ranked 665th and 129th 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	$19	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.1	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.26	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.64	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$1295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$1036
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1647	$2109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1647
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.9	$47.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1819	$4937
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1780	$3196
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.4	$95.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.81	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.07	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.96	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.7	$66
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.5	$89
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$574	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6990	$15527

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1842
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1896
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1880
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$944
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1964
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1015
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$895
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2150
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1940
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2095
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1784
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$727
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2084
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2245
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2235
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1912
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2151
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2466
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2024
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$982
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2407
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2447
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2349
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822