Calgary vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$3958
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	53	60
😀 Quality of life	90	88
🏙️ Population	1.31M	246K

The cost of living in Calgary is 15% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1716th and 2713th ($2118 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 1895th 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 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Louisville ranked 101st in the United States, while ranked 209th and 333rd 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	$17	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$16074

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011