Mumbai vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mumbai	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$716	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1992	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$409	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$1100	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$201	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.1	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$903	$3115
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	82	50
😀 Quality of life	69	90
🏙️ Population	15.4M	1.02M

The cost of living in Mumbai is 65% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 6818th and 1701st ($716 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 25th in India and Canada, respectively. Check India vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Mumbai compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Mumbai ranked 1st best city to live in India vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 2865th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mumbai vs Ottawa

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	Mumbai	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.6	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.7	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.61	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$586	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$869	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.5	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.4	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.78	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.09%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6631	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3058	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.59	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.97	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.15	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.28	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.1	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.8	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.6	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$107	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3007	$19030

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Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296

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