Liverpool vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Liverpool	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1774	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4525	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$954	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$1757	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2907	$3115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	84	50
😀 Quality of life	90	90
🏙️ Population	513K	1.02M

The cost of living in Liverpool is 14% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 2461st and 1701st ($1774 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 143rd and 25th in the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Liverpool compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Liverpool ranked 23rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 132nd and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Liverpool vs Ottawa

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	Liverpool	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.6	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.34	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$645	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1201	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.72%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3350	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.53	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.4	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.58	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.8	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.73	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.7	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1465	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15161	$19030

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Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1706
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1563
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1710
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1681
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1682
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1753
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1762
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1675
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1615
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1675
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1556
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$1806
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1788
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1456
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1482
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$1874
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$1948
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1686
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1806
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1800
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1672
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1602
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1376
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1629
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1714
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1686

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