Calgary vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$538
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$1576
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$186
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$228
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	46
😀 Quality of life	90	50
🏙️ Population	1.31M	3M

The cost of living in Calgary is 300% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 1473rd and 8365th ($2149 vs $538) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 71st in Canada and Iran, respectively. Check Canada vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 131st and 6193rd 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	$16.9	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$35.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$395
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$8.61
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$13.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$17.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	20.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$1424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$812
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$0.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$2.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$2.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.41
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$0.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$1.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$21.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$90.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$612

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$517
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$511
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$515
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1583
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1616
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$458
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1531
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1578
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$514
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$553
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$603
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$689
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$450
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$607
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$452
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$670
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$548
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$435
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$468
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$550
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$487
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$394
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$577
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$675
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$467
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$689
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$673
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$693
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$722
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$720
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$797