Calgary vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$1143
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$159
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$379
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$868
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	53	78
😀 Quality of life	90	66
🏙️ Population	1.31M	6.6M

The cost of living in Calgary is 397% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 1473rd and 8907th ($2149 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 20th in Canada and India, respectively. Check Canada vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 2 months in Chennai. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Chennai ranked 2nd in India, while ranked 131st and 4094th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Calgary vs Chennai infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/calgary/chennai.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Calgary vs Chennai infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/calgary/chennai" target="_blank">Calgary vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Calgary vs Chennai

Prices for goods and services in Calgary and Chennai are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Calgary	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$10.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$2.1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$526
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$24.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$38.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	9.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$1926
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$804
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$6.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$0.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$0.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$0.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$2.49
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$26
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$47.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$82.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$1425

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287