Calgary vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$692
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	54
😀 Quality of life	90	60
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.26M

The cost of living in Calgary is 183% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1646th and 6742nd ($2077 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 21st 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 8th best city to live in Canada vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 153rd and 5162nd 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	$15.2	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$4497

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867