Calgary vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$2121
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$5025
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$2121
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$3514
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	93
😀 Quality of life	90	94
🏙️ Population	1.31M	626K

The cost of living in Calgary is 0.1% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 1716th and 1712th ($2118 vs $2121) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 93rd in Canada and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Canada vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.7 months in Glasgow. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 209th and 42nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Glasgow

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	Calgary	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$81.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$6.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$1242
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$896
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$2242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$1636
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$322
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$41.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$4206
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3169
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$4.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$96.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$3.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$3.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$23.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$3.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$47
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$87
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$129
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$963
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$20961

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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

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430