Ottawa vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$3493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	1.02M	664K

The cost of living in Ottawa is 13% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 1701st and 1038th ($2055 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 3rd in Canada and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Canada vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 162nd and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ottawa vs Rotterdam infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ottawa/rotterdam.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ottawa vs Rotterdam infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ottawa/rotterdam" target="_blank">Ottawa vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ottawa vs Rotterdam

Prices for goods and services in Ottawa and Rotterdam are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ottawa	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$10730

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514