Adelaide vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$2095
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$4718
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$3093
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	53
😀 Quality of life	92	90
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.31M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 12% more expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 1178th and 1759th ($2355 vs $2095) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 27th in Australia and Canada, respectively. Check Australia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Calgary ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 75th and 187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Calgary

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	Adelaide	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$5.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1234
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$935
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1946
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1549
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$56.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$3751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$3441
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$2.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$88
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$820
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$15881

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872