Ottawa vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	50	78
😀 Quality of life	90	66
🏙️ Population	1.02M	12.6M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 301% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1701st and 8544th ($2055 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 162nd and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Zhengzhou

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	Ottawa	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591