Ottawa vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	54
😀 Quality of life	90	66
🏙️ Population	1.02M	8.78M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 219% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1701st and 7256th ($2055 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 118th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 162nd and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Quanzhou

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	Ottawa	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936