Calgary vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$1960
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$529
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	70
😀 Quality of life	90	64
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.95M

The cost of living in Calgary is 170% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1473rd and 6450th ($2149 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 1st in Canada and Ukraine, respectively. Check Canada vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 131st and 4556th 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	$16.9	$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$7166

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563