Niamey vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niamey	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1019	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2078	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$609	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$715	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.1	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$3115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	12	50
😀 Quality of life	35	90
🏙️ Population	1.5M	1.02M

The cost of living in Niamey is 50% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 5369th and 1701st ($1019 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Niger and Canada, respectively. Check Niger vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Niamey compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Niamey ranked 1st best city to live in Niger vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 7468th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niamey vs Ottawa

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	Niamey	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.6	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$700	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$414	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1601	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$947	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.65	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.94	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.1	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.1	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$899	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4390	$19030

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Cities near Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$426
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$658
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$743
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$651
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$587
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$972
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$507
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$649
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$579
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$613
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$735
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$535
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$743
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$733
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$677
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$526
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$371
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$647
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$695
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$590
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$776
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$553
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$779
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$575
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$974
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$632
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$1502
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$634
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$354
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$709

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