Calgary vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$434
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	61
😀 Quality of life	91	63
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.42M

The cost of living in Calgary is 308% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1781st and 8604th ($2079 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 22nd in Canada and Ukraine, respectively. Check Canada vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 160th and 5547th 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	$16.7	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$3156

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586