Calgary vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$971
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	53	29
😀 Quality of life	90	44
🏙️ Population	1.31M	6.17M

The cost of living in Calgary is 175% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1646th and 6647th ($2077 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 39th 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 8th best city to live in Canada vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 153rd and 6657th 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	$15.2	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$17434

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936