Calgary vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$498
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$290
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$250
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	45
😀 Quality of life	90	56
🏙️ Population	1.31M	3M

The cost of living in Calgary is 325% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 1716th and 8726th ($2118 vs $498) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 72nd in Canada and Iran, respectively. Check Canada vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.5 months in Mashhad. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Mashhad ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 209th and 6291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Mashhad

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	Calgary	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$0.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$238
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$8.43
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$13
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	20.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$1106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.32
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$0.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$1.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$2.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$3.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$5.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$1.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$94.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$45.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$627

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$501
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$501
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$510
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1763
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1806
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$487
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1640
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1769
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$532
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$589
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$563
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$659
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$457
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$535
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$436
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$635
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$561
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$513
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$531
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$467
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$468
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$565
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$575
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$583
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$571
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$586
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$592
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$591
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$639