Ottawa vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2390
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$99.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$559
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	50	22
😀 Quality of life	90	21
🏙️ Population	1.02M	2.45M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 136% more expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 1701st and 6195th ($2055 vs $869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Canada and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check Canada vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 0.6 months in Ouagadougou. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Ouagadougou ranked 1st in Burkina Faso, while ranked 162nd and 8814th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Ouagadougou

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	Ottawa	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$7.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$368
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$194
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$80.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	12.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$210
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$12.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$2.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$1.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$3.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$60.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$15761

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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

Cities near Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$743
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$774
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$753
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$735
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$771
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$733
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$507
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1019
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$658
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$499
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$651
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$649
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$489
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$490
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$916
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$647
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$575
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$433
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$937
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$632
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$613
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$491
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$489
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$490
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$889
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$354
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$551
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$590
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$569
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$588
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$426
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$755
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$553
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$729
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$882