Ottawa vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	50	95
😀 Quality of life	90	86
🏙️ Population	1.02M	2.6M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 74% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1701st and 4534th ($2055 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 162nd and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Taipei

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	Ottawa	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.32
🥤 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	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581