Ottawa vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	72
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	1.02M	7.01M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 26% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1701st and 2911th ($2055 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Canada and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Canada vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 162nd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Riyadh

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	Ottawa	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529