Calgary vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$686
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	53	61
😀 Quality of life	90	67
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.99M

The cost of living in Calgary is 186% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1646th and 6769th ($2077 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Canada and Belarus, respectively. Check Canada vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 153rd and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Minsk

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	Calgary	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$10220

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850