Ottawa vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	73
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.96M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 71% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1701st and 4470th ($2055 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 39th in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 162nd and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Sapporo

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	Ottawa	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088