Calgary vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$120
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	53	33
😀 Quality of life	90	25
🏙️ Population	1.31M	5.33M

The cost of living in Calgary is 348% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1716th and 8823rd ($2118 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 3rd in Canada and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 209th and 8992nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Kabul

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	Calgary	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$1540

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467