Ottawa vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$2528
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	52
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.02M	686K

The cost of living in Ottawa is 121% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 1701st and 5882nd ($2055 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 732nd 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 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 162nd and 271st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Shizuoka

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	Ottawa	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$8368

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083