Ottawa vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$1581
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	38
😀 Quality of life	90	76
🏙️ Population	1.02M	767K

The cost of living in Ottawa is 64% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 1701st and 4331st ($2055 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 4th in Canada and Croatia, respectively. Check Canada vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 162nd and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Zagreb

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	Ottawa	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747