Calgary vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$5661
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$1635
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$2683
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$646
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$3481
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	53	49
😀 Quality of life	90	92
🏙️ Population	1.31M	608K

The cost of living in Calgary is 16% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 1716th and 839th ($2118 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 3rd in Canada and Australia, respectively. Check Canada vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.4 months in Gold Coast. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Gold Coast ranked 6th in Australia, while ranked 209th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Gold Coast

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	Calgary	Gold Coast
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$19.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$108
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$7.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$3.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$1886
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$1330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$2881
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$2303
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$57.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	5.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$7538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$4593
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$57.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$5.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$6.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$26.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$5.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$38.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$56.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$70.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$2105
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$8134

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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 Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894