Calgary vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$571
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	71
😀 Quality of life	90	64
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.95M

The cost of living in Calgary is 144% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1646th and 6262nd ($2077 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st 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 0.7 months in Kyiv. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 153rd and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Kyiv

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	Calgary	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$7184

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570