Calgary vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$2116
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$431
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$446
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	73
😀 Quality of life	90	64
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.95M

The cost of living in Calgary is 146% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1759th and 6533rd ($2095 vs $853) 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 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Calgary ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Kyiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 187th and 5360th 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	$19.1	$9.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$30.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$513
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$940
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$583
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$92.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	17.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$2604
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$1122
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$13.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$5.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$5.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$10572

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$479
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$448
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$589
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$727
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$397
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$475
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$518
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$477
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$799
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$527
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$760
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$458
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$628
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$789
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$543
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$749
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$572
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$732
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$501
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$690
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$840
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$954
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$685
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1048
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$746
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$608
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$924
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$834
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$676