Calgary vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$350
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$629
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$45.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$641
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	53	62
😀 Quality of life	90	67
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.99M

The cost of living in Calgary is 200% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1473rd and 6834th ($2149 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 1st in Canada and Belarus, respectively. Check Canada vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 131st and 3775th 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	$16.9	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$30.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$271
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$787
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$10.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	14.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$1923
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$1217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$15.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$6.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$2.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$302
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$10290

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$563
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$516
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$437
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1341
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$467
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$950
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$298
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$437
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$899
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$871
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$390
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$856
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1191
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$469
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$886
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$902
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$817
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1061
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1002
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$461
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$946
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$527
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1057
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$999
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$422
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$916
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1111
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$418
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$487
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$856
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$931
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1169
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1118
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1377
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$893
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$795