Calgary vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$361
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	60
😀 Quality of life	90	56
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.42M

The cost of living in Calgary is 327% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1473rd and 8657th ($2149 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 17th in Canada and Ukraine, respectively. Check Canada vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 131st and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Kharkiv

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	Calgary	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$2513

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529