Kazan vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kazan	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$929	$2133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2282	$4730
🏠 One person rent	$493	$1249
🏘️ Family rent	$878	$1952
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$587
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.4	$172
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$871	$3871
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	54	49
😀 Quality of life	64	92
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.02M

The cost of living in Kazan is 56% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 6157th and 1668th ($929 vs $2133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 27th in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.8 months in Ottawa. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Ottawa ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 5470th and 123rd 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	$8.39	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.3	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.91	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$4.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$1328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1047
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1065	$2126
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$689	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$96.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$148
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.03	$48.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.86%	4.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$4318
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2534	$3670
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$99.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$2.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$2.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$3.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.05
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$2.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$13.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$44.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.81	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$68.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.1	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$882
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15147	$17337

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1866
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1703
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1868
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1896
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1930
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1935
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1476
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1927
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1923
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$2047
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1733
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1862
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1928
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1940
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1923
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1960
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2080
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1897
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1846
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1861
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891