Ottawa vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	24
😀 Quality of life	90	39
🏙️ Population	1.02M	6.56M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 247% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 1701st and 7740th ($2055 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 162nd and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Shaoyang

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	Ottawa	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600