Calgary vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$2383
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$506
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$864
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$58.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$976
😷 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 114% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1759th and 5700th ($2095 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 20th 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 1 months in Kazan. Calgary ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Kazan ranked 4th in Russia, while ranked 187th and 5282nd 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	$19.1	$9.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$639
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$1079
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$658
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$73.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$7.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	20.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$4128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$2917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$3.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$5.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$2.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$7.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$84.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$14895

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077