Lahore vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$3115
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	50
😀 Quality of life	46	90
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.02M

The cost of living in Lahore is 80% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 8934th and 1701st ($411 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 25th in Pakistan and Canada, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 6486th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Ottawa

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	Lahore	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$19030

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346

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