Ottawa vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ottawa	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2170	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4837	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$1276	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$1943	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2926	$1657
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	50	95
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.02M	2.6M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 86% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1355th and 4516th ($2170 vs $1169) 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 1.3 months in Ottawa compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Ottawa ranked 10th best city to live in Canada vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 117th and 209th 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	$18.7	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.99	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.64	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1239	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1064	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1607	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.14%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8889	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6051	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.78	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.3	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.29	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.46	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.8	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1090	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21213	$19102

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Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1530
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2220
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1539
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1878
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2014
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1797
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1894
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1757
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1827
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1845
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1808
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1808
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1846
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1813
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1835
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1412
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1856
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1846
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1874
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1705
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1840
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1821
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1746
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1820
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1808
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1888
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1821
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1772
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1869
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1912
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1962
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1949
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2105
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1882
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1783
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1835
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1659
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1924
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1874

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589