Calgary vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	53	90
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.51M

The cost of living in Calgary is 6% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1646th and 1352nd ($2077 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Canada and Germany, respectively. Check Canada vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 153rd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Munich

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	Calgary	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560