Ottawa vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ottawa	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2096	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4619	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1231	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3333	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	92	85
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.86M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 6% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1744th and 2069th ($2096 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Canada and Poland, respectively. Check Canada vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Ottawa compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Ottawa ranked 11th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 129th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Warsaw

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	Ottawa	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.6	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.52	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1295	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1036	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2109	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1647	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.23%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4937	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3196	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.2	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.9	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.9	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.4	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$783	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15527	$15871

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Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349