Arlington vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2118
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$4745
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1911
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$3199
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	53
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	394K	1.31M

The cost of living in Arlington is 10% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 2397th and 1716th ($1907 vs $2118) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 29th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Calgary ranked 21st in Canada, while ranked 894th and 209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Calgary

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	Arlington	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$65
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$6.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$2.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1224
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$957
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1544
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	4.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$3738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$3570
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$2.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$87.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$16.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$4.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$93.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$23.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$830
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$15430

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

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