Onitsha vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Onitsha	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$354	$2170
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$765	$4837
🏠 One person rent	$204	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$343	$1943
🍽️ Food expenses	$90	$586
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$109	$2926
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	36	50
😀 Quality of life	17	90
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.02M

The cost of living in Onitsha is 84% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 9080th and 1355th ($354 vs $2170) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 25th in Nigeria and Canada, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Onitsha compared to 1.3 months in Ottawa. Onitsha ranked 14th best city to live in Nigeria vs Ottawa ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 9077th and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Onitsha vs Ottawa

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	Onitsha	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.29	$18.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$7.9	$79.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$1.78	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.43	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$0.91	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.18	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$1239
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$189	$1064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$479	$2077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$1607
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$5.82	$119
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.94	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.7	$57.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.87%	7.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$553	$8889
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$255	$6051
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.07	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.19	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.19	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$2.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.28	$3.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.6	$3.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.11	$1.09
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.56	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.73	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.33	$2.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.87	$12.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.26	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.95	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.42	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.88	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7	$60.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.61	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$62.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$27.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.8	$1090
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$704	$21213

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Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$325
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$507
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$290
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$330
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$315
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$233
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$351
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$327
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$272
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$243
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$237
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$247
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$250
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$310
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$288
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$860
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$262
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$990
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$587
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$314
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$683
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$407
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$436
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$448
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$313
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$826
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1300
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$761
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$697
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$269
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$732
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$210
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$676
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$677
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$265
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$272
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1242
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$567
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$678
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$617

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1530
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2220
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1539
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1878
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2014
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1797
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1894
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1757
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1827
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1845
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1808
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1808
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1846
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1813
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1835
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1412
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1856
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1846
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1874
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1705
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1840
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1821
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1746
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1820
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1808
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1888
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1821
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1772
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1869
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1912
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1962
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1949
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2105
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1882
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1783
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1835
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1659
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1924
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1874