Minneapolis vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minneapolis	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2308	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5659	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$1339	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$689	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$122	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4620	$3115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	84	50
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	430K	1.02M

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 12% more expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 1145th and 1701st ($2308 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1045th and 25th 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 2 months in Minneapolis compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Minneapolis ranked 53rd best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 237th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Minneapolis vs Ottawa infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/minneapolis/ottawa.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Minneapolis vs Ottawa infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/minneapolis/ottawa" target="_blank">Minneapolis vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Minneapolis vs Ottawa

Prices for goods and services in Minneapolis and Ottawa are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Minneapolis	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.8	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.52	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.89	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.02	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1496	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1093	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2583	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1998	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.6	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3373	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2457	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.2	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.86	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.38	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.48	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.88	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.2	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.5	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1724	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27328	$19030

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2239
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2234
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2255
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2157
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2227
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2297
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2281
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2275
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2331
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2259
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2340
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$1952
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2264
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2280
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2328
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2260
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2321
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2214
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2557
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2085
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2382
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2092
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2269
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2134
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2213
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2263
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2119
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2324
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2478
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2159
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2401
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2214
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2321
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2213
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2163
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2273
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2293
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2682

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