Ottawa vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	50	83
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	1.02M	633K

The cost of living in Ottawa is 5% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 1701st and 1961st ($2055 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 5th in Canada and Germany, respectively. Check Canada vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 162nd and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Stuttgart

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	Ottawa	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581