Ottawa vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	50	93
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.38M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 36% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1701st and 3363rd ($2055 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 2nd in Canada and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Canada vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 162nd and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Prague

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	Ottawa	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$12277

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120