Ottawa vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	40
😀 Quality of life	90	48
🏙️ Population	1.02M	5.94M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 167% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1701st and 6559th ($2055 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Canada and India, respectively. Check Canada vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 162nd and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Surat

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	Ottawa	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340