Ottawa vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	96
😀 Quality of life	90	60
🏙️ Population	1.02M	8.69M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 161% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1701st and 6486th ($2055 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 4th in Canada and Iran, respectively. Check Canada vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 162nd and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Tehran

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	Ottawa	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$1951

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510