Calgary vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$1312
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$172
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$293
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$250
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	46
😀 Quality of life	91	57
🏙️ Population	1.31M	3M

The cost of living in Calgary is 314% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 1781st and 8663rd ($2079 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 66th in Canada and Iran, respectively. Check Canada vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.5 months in Mashhad. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 160th and 6167th 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	$16.7	$3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$1.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$244
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$8.48
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$12.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	20.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$1174
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$736
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$4.33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$2.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$0.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$3.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$5.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$21.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$45.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$623

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684