Ottawa vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$800
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	20
😀 Quality of life	90	41
🏙️ Population	1.02M	6.44M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 206% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1701st and 7052nd ($2055 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 162nd and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Shangrao

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	Ottawa	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621