Ottawa vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$886
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	50	98
😀 Quality of life	90	70
🏙️ Population	1.02M	12.3M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 213% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 1701st and 7163rd ($2055 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 95th 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 Wuhan. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 162nd and 2475th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Wuhan

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	Ottawa	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$8658

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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 Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586