Ottawa vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ottawa	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2096	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4619	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$1231	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3333	$1477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	50	74
😀 Quality of life	92	83
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.87M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 135% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1744th and 6262nd ($2096 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 12th in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Ottawa compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Ottawa ranked 11th best city to live in Canada vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 129th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Tainan

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	Ottawa	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.6	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.52	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1295	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1036	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2109	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1647	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.23%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4937	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3196	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.2	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.9	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.9	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.4	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$783	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15527	$6518

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Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696