Ahmedabad vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$2079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$4683
🏠 One person rent	$159	$1191
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$1928
🍽️ Food expenses	$183	$572
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.3	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$310	$2977
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	57	53
😀 Quality of life	58	91
🏙️ Population	7.65M	1.31M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 79% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 8888th and 1781st ($442 vs $2079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 27th in India and Canada, respectively. Check India vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.4 months in Calgary. Ahmedabad ranked 28th best city to live in India vs Calgary ranked 15th in Canada, while ranked 6115th and 160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Calgary

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	Ahmedabad	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.38	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.1	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1190
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$957
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2105
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$200	$1560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.9	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.39	$55.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.05%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$3658
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$715	$3126
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$84.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.89	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.99	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.93	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$2.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.09	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$5.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.9	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.39	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$91.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.22	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$58
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.7	$796
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1440	$15727

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$375
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$374
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$366
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$324
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$315
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$705
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$278
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$303
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$290
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$305
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$264
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$328
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$361
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$382
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$330
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$350
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$303
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$322
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$267
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$333
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$399
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$487
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$274
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$349
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$705
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$366
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$382
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$517
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$297
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$334
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$387
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$324
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$290
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$335

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887