Ottawa vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	50	98
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.97M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 11% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1701st and 2270th ($2055 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Canada and Austria, respectively. Check Canada vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 162nd and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Vienna

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	Ottawa	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987