Ottawa vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$973
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	50	56
😀 Quality of life	90	51
🏙️ Population	1.02M	39K

The cost of living in Ottawa is 106% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1701st and 5524th ($2055 vs $996) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 2nd in Canada and the Palestine, respectively. Check Canada vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 162nd and 6159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Ramallah

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	Ottawa	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$4230

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1930
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511