Cost of living comparison
Ottawa is 69.9% more expensive than Santo Domingo.
If you lived in Ottawa instead of Santo Domingo, you would:
pay 2.4 times more for restaurants
Santo Domingo
|
Ottawa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$9.57
$568.41
|
$18.44
CA$25.36
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.30
$433.47
|
$8.85
CA$12.17
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.76
$44.90
|
$2.30
CA$3.16
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.49
$28.90
|
$1.67
CA$2.30
|
|
pay 51.1% more for groceries
Santo Domingo
|
Ottawa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.22
$131.66
|
$2.34
CA$3.21
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.54
$210.15
|
$6.00
CA$8.25
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.92
$291.87
|
$7.68
CA$10.56
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.00
$118.48
|
$3.15
CA$4.33
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.78
$164.79
|
$5.22
CA$7.17
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.34
$79.28
|
$1.72
CA$2.36
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.29
$17.01
|
$0.55
CA$0.75
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.25
$73.93
|
$1.32
CA$1.82
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.63
$37.51
|
$1.55
CA$2.14
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.69
$40.73
|
$0.87
CA$1.20
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.08
$64.23
|
$0.95
CA$1.30
|
|
pay 11.9% less for transportation
Santo Domingo
|
Ottawa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.93
$292.77
|
$5.28
CA$7.27
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$91.26
$5,418.42
|
$92.56
CA$127.30
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$33,765.29
$2,004,813.83
|
$19,543.49
CA$26,881.10
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.77
$1,351.77
|
$19.54
CA$26.88
|
|
pay 68.1% more for housing
Santo Domingo
|
Ottawa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$50.90
$3,022.27
|
$62.08
CA$85.39
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$918.25
$54,520.84
|
$1,303.57
CA$1,793.00
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$473.61
$28,120.39
|
$1,141.60
CA$1,570.22
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$73.91
$4,388.34
|
$123.67
CA$170.10
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for childcare
Santo Domingo
|
Ottawa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$479.10
$28,446.68
|
$1,128.36
CA$1,552.00
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,969.82
$473,208.31
|
$19,820.05
CA$27,261.49
|
|
pay 92.4% more for entertainment and sports
Santo Domingo
|
Ottawa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.74
$162.55
|
$5.90
CA$8.12
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.27
$134.78
|
$4.07
CA$5.60
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.56
$270.92
|
$11.06
CA$15.22
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$45.61
$2,707.85
|
$57.52
CA$79.11
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.93
$352.20
|
$11.80
CA$16.23
|
|
pay 7.0% more for clothing
Santo Domingo
|
Ottawa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$61.04
$3,624.32
|
$61.22
CA$84.21
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.17
$2,682.12
|
$50.10
CA$68.91
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$118.63
$7,043.94
|
$95.91
CA$131.91
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$103.81
$6,163.45
|
$141.14
CA$194.13
|
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