Ottawa vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	35
😀 Quality of life	90	53
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.43M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 110% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 1701st and 5623rd ($2055 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 19th in Canada and Mexico, respectively. Check Canada vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 162nd and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Puebla

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	Ottawa	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699