Adelaide vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$2118
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$4745
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$1911
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$3199
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	53
😀 Quality of life	93	90
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.31M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 10% more expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 1210th and 1716th ($2338 vs $2118) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 29th 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 5th best city to live in Australia vs Calgary ranked 21st in Canada, while ranked 73rd and 209th 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	$15.9	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$65
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$6.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1224
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$957
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1544
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	4.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$3738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$3570
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$2.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$87.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$16.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$4.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$2.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$93.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$23.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$830
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$15430

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934