Calgary vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$1006
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	53	27
😀 Quality of life	90	52
🏙️ Population	1.31M	6.17M

The cost of living in Calgary is 168% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1716th and 6807th ($2118 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 30th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 209th and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Maoming

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	Calgary	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$19015

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943