Ottawa vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Ottawa	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4730	$1732
🏠 One person rent	$1249	$340
🏘️ Family rent	$1952	$491
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$59
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3871	$1080
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	49	42
😀 Quality of life	92	55
🏙️ Population	1.02M	7.1M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 202% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1668th and 7210th ($2133 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 49th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Ottawa compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Ottawa ranked 10th best city to live in Canada vs Yantai ranked 63rd in China, while ranked 123rd and 6343rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ottawa/yantai.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ottawa vs Yantai infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ottawa/yantai" target="_blank">Ottawa vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ottawa vs Yantai

Prices for goods and services in Ottawa and Yantai are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ottawa	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.4	$3.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1328	$202
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2126	$365
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.9	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$63.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.9	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.48%	3.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4318	$3115
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3670	$6250
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.5	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$3.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.18	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.59	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$7.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.84	$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.74	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$3.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.4	$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$5.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.3	$25.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$66.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$882	$338
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17337	$14357

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1866
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1703
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1868
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1896
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1930
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1935
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1476
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1927
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1923
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$2047
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1733
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1862
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1928
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1940
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1923
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1960
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2080
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1897
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1846
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1861
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$626
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$597
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$596
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$595
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$491
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$590
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$598
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$578
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$551
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$559
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$545
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$649
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$718
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$457
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$515
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$510
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$449
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$523
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$541
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$573
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$660
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$607
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$549
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$748
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$554
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$559
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$574
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$566
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$626
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$532
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$564
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$566
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$656
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$584
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$578
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$630
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$553
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$632
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$697