Calgary vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$1256
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$336
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$45.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$493
😷 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 319% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1759th and 8662nd ($2095 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 23rd 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 1 months in Kharkiv. Calgary ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 187th and 5430th 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	$19.1	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	17.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$1073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$7.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$1.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$7.98
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$2841

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$746
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$475
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$518
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$618
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$685
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$749
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$642
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$628
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$621
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$525
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$471
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$790
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$766
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$448
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$730
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$518
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$554
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$757
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$635
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$732
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$479
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$779
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$891
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$855
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$853
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$589
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$409
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$694
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$974
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$691
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$798
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$591