Ottawa vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	90	83
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.86M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 28% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1701st and 3022nd ($2055 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 2nd in Canada and Poland, respectively. Check Canada vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 162nd and 410th 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	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385