Calgary vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	53	30
😀 Quality of life	91	33
🏙️ Population	1.31M	4.27M

The cost of living in Calgary is 354% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1781st and 8842nd ($2079 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 3rd in Canada and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 160th and 8609th 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	$16.7	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$1486

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439