Calgary vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$2239
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$4966
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$1436
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$2255
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$574
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$3017
😷 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 1646th and 1278th ($2077 vs $2239) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd 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 1.3 months in Gold Coast. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Gold Coast ranked 6th in Australia, while ranked 153rd and 223rd 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	$15.2	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$86.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$9.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$1508
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$1209
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$2204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$1987
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$60.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$8546
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3976
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$53.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$13.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$4.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$7.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$6.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$51.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$62.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$87.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$2092
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$6970

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
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	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645