Calgary vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$454
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$749
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$440
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	73
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.95M

The cost of living in Calgary is 140% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1716th and 6441st ($2118 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th 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 0.5 months in Kyiv. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Kyiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 209th and 5524th 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	$17	$9.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$545
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$557
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$65.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$6.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	18.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1111
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$4.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$5.39
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$8.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$9101

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$476
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$545
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$792
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$405
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$516
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$450
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$806
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$484
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$826
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$464
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$637
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$796
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$554
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$622
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$748
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$967
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$561
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$686
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$499
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$686
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$869
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1049
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$682
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1042
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$757
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$568
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$836
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$873
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$628