Calgary vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	53	60
😀 Quality of life	91	89
🏙️ Population	1.31M	246K

The cost of living in Calgary is 13% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1781st and 2519th ($2079 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1889th in Canada and the United States, respectively. Check Canada vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 160th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Louisville

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	Calgary	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$15931

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017