Calgary vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$2674
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$6072
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$3066
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$234
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$1241
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	53	100
😀 Quality of life	90	82
🏙️ Population	1.31M	7.41M

The cost of living in Calgary is 21% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 1716th and 621st ($2118 vs $2674) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 1st in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 209th and 632nd 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	$17	$7.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$6.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$1.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$2025
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$1485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$3592
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$2650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$21
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$25175
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$16126
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$24.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$3.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$77.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$23.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$1026
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$22890

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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 Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2415
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$939
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$674
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1718
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$534
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$666
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$621
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$848
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$782
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$943
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$844
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$765
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$795
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$832
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$896
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$589
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$464
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$807
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$602
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$465
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$673
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$816
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$760
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$789
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$790
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$769
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$814
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$730
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$738
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$698
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$723
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$694
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$699
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$903
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$533
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$608