Ottawa vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	22
😀 Quality of life	90	58
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.96M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 96% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1701st and 5176th ($2055 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 12th in Canada and Mexico, respectively. Check Canada vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 162nd and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Tijuana

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	Ottawa	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$4.13
🥤 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	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677