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Ottawa vs. Tunis Cost of Living Summary

Ottawa is 4.2 times more expensive than Tunis.

Restaurants: pay 3.7 times more in Ottawa
Groceries: pay 4.5 times more in Ottawa
Transportation: pay 4.4 times more in Ottawa
Housing: pay 4.6 times more in Ottawa
Childcare: pay 8.2 times more in Ottawa
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.9 times more in Ottawa
Clothing: pay 14.6% more in Ottawa

The cost of childcare, housing, groceries, transportation, restaurants, and entertainment and sports in Ottawa are more expensive than in Tunis. Notably, childcare, housing, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Ottawa.

Ottawa vs. Tunis Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ottawa instead of Tunis, you would:

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pay 3.7 times more for restaurants

	Tunis	Ottawa
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.85 TND12.400	$17.96 CA$25.91	+367.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.81 TND15.500	$10.78 CA$15.54	+124.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.67 TND2.150	$2.17 CA$3.13	+225.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.34 TND1.100	$1.53 CA$2.21	+350.2%
Average			+266.6%

Tunis vs. Ottawa - Cost of restaurants

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pay 4.5 times more for groceries

	Tunis	Ottawa
Bread 1 loaf	$0.15 TND0.490	$2.65 CA$3.82	+1640.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.85 TND15.640	$6.28 CA$9.06	+29.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$1.72 TND5.540	$9.92 CA$14.31	+477.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.55 TND5.000	$3.31 CA$4.78	+113.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.71 TND8.730	$5.89 CA$8.49	+117.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.86 TND2.780	$1.93 CA$2.79	+123.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.86 TND6.000	$0.64 CA$0.92	-65.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.50 TND1.620	$1.44 CA$2.08	+187.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 TND1.000	$1.69 CA$2.43	+446.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 TND0.890	$1.20 CA$1.73	+334.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.26 TND0.830	$1.31 CA$1.88	+404.8%
Average			+346.4%

Tunis vs. Ottawa - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.4 times more for transportation

	Tunis	Ottawa
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.06 TND9.860	$4.15 CA$5.99	+35.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.22 TND36.160	$92.50 CA$133.42	+724.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$38,454.35 TND123,980.760	$24,412.64 CA$35,209.35	-36.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.60 TND8.370	$18.80 CA$27.11	+624.1%
Average			+337.0%

Tunis vs. Ottawa - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.6 times more for housing

	Tunis	Ottawa
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.62 TND72.920	$50.21 CA$72.42	+122.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$254.97 TND822.050	$1,425.51 CA$2,055.96	+459.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$174.18 TND561.580	$1,269.57 CA$1,831.04	+628.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$39.70 TND128.000	$131.33 CA$189.42	+230.8%
Average			+360.2%

Tunis vs. Ottawa - Cost of housing

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pay 8.2 times more for childcare

	Tunis	Ottawa
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$97.37 TND313.930	$999.72 CA$1,441.86	+926.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,244.15 TND10,459.470	$19,936.07 CA$28,752.98	+514.5%
Average			+720.6%

Tunis vs. Ottawa - Cost of childcare

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pay 2.9 times more for entertainment and sports

	Tunis	Ottawa
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.84 TND5.940	$5.75 CA$8.29	+211.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.97 TND3.130	$3.71 CA$5.35	+281.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.20 TND10.330	$12.93 CA$18.65	+303.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.98 TND99.870	$46.27 CA$66.73	+49.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.81 TND15.500	$10.78 CA$15.54	+124.2%
Average			+194.2%

Tunis vs. Ottawa - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 14.6% more for clothing

	Tunis	Ottawa
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$46.18 TND148.890	$57.20 CA$82.49	+23.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$53.28 TND171.780	$44.39 CA$64.02	-16.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$92.44 TND298.030	$97.78 CA$141.02	+5.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$76.23 TND245.790	$110.86 CA$159.88	+45.4%
Average			+14.6%

Tunis vs. Ottawa - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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