Kazan vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kazan	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$2122
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2383	$4795
🏠 One person rent	$506	$1248
🏘️ Family rent	$864	$2038
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.4	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$976	$3638
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	54	49
😀 Quality of life	64	91
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.02M

The cost of living in Kazan is 54% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 5700th and 1688th ($981 vs $2122) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 22nd in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kazan compared to 1.7 months in Ottawa. Kazan ranked 4th best city to live in Russia vs Ottawa ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 5282nd and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Ottawa

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	Kazan	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.95	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$5.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$4.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$639	$1259
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$1072
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$2157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$1775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.4	$93.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$142
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.66	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.93%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4128	$4527
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2917	$4215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$2.92
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$96.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.54	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$2.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$3.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$3.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$3.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$14.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.7	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.22	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$66.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.15	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$899
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14895	$17263

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1839
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2189
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1674
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1848
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1864
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1914
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1903
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1451
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1929
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1917
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1816
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1828
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1901
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1921
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1874
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1937
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2051
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1861
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1817
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1829
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875