Calgary vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$2300
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$5003
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$1512
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$2405
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$3406
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	53	49
😀 Quality of life	90	88
🏙️ Population	1.31M	608K

The cost of living in Calgary is 7% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 1473rd and 1120th ($2149 vs $2300) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 7th in Canada and Australia, respectively. Check Canada vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 1.5 months in Gold Coast. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Gold Coast ranked 7th in Australia, while ranked 131st and 209th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Calgary vs Gold Coast 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/gold-coast.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Calgary vs Gold Coast infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/calgary/gold-coast" target="_blank">Calgary vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Calgary vs Gold Coast

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

	Calgary	Gold Coast
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$82.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$7.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$3.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$1455
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$1324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$2455
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$2119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$54.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$9386
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$4352
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$3.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$59.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$5.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$27.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$4.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$2.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$1739
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$7508

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 Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876