Ottawa vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$958
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	90
😀 Quality of life	90	70
🏙️ Population	1.02M	13.9M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 199% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 1701st and 6956th ($2055 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 64th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.4 months in Tianjin. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 162nd and 2306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Tianjin

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	Ottawa	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.41
🥤 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	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$18215

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616