Ottawa vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ottawa	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2096	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4619	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1231	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3333	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	50	77
😀 Quality of life	92	68
🏙️ Population	1.02M	12.6M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 316% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1744th and 8651st ($2096 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 491st in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Ottawa compared to 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Ottawa ranked 11th best city to live in Canada vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 129th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ottawa vs Zhengzhou infographic

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

Prices in Ottawa vs Zhengzhou

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

	Ottawa	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.6	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.52	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1295	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1036	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2109	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1647	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.23%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4937	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3196	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.2	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.9	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.9	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.4	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$783	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15527	$19556

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	$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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563