Calgary vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$459
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	61
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.42M

The cost of living in Calgary is 324% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1716th and 8722nd ($2118 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 24th in Canada and Ukraine, respectively. Check Canada vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 209th and 5605th 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	$17	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$2953

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$757
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$516
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$630
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$682
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$748
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$637
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$639
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$528
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$549
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$485
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$761
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$724
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$476
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$696
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$529
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$557
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$705
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$597
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$686
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$500
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$697
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$893
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$759
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$882
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$545
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$414
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$680
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$905
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$637
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$759
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$562