Calgary vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$929
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$2282
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$493
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$878
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$50.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$871
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	54
😀 Quality of life	90	64
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.33M

The cost of living in Calgary is 128% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1716th and 6157th ($2118 vs $929) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 17th in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 209th and 5470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Kazan

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	Calgary	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$8.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$3.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$1065
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$69.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	18.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$3554
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$7.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$15147

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971