Calgary vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$445
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	72
😀 Quality of life	91	68
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.95M

The cost of living in Calgary is 137% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1781st and 6330th ($2079 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Canada and Ukraine, respectively. Check Canada vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 160th and 4632nd 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	$16.7	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$7835

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561