Ottawa vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ottawa	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2236	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4945	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$1327	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$2038	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$603	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3150	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	50	92
😀 Quality of life	89	86
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.38M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 36% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1290th and 3084th ($2236 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd 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 1.4 months in Ottawa compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Ottawa ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 167th and 292nd 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	$17.6	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.89	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.95	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1129	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2131	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.5	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5242	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4784	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.78	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.4	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.7	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.72	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.47	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.6	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.6	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1037	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20100	$12545

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Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1542
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2336
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1677
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$2004
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1828
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1897
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1799
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1791
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1912
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1996
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1686
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1861
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1954
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1821
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1927
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1896
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1960
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2057
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1878
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1823
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1845
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141