Calgary vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$2718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$6205
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$1790
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$3191
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$230
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$1245
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	53	100
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	1.31M	7.41M

The cost of living in Calgary is 24% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 1781st and 532nd ($2079 vs $2718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 160th and 548th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Hong Kong

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	Calgary	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$8.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$7.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$2068
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$1498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$3648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$2751
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	3.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$26310
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$16253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$3.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$4.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$25.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$3.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$19.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$75.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$65.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$1018
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$22102

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$878
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$662
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1746
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$518
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$662
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$608
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$829
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$758
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$941
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$589
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$827
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$766
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$777
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$816
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$892
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$454
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$669
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$809
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$765
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$773
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$780
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$766
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$897
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$750
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$726
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$697
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$707
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$677
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$693
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$901
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$546
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598