Calgary vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$4433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	78
😀 Quality of life	90	89
🏙️ Population	1.31M	689K

The cost of living in Calgary is 14% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 1716th and 924th ($2118 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 798th in Canada and the United States, respectively. Check Canada vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Nashville ranked 77th in the United States, while ranked 209th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Nashville

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	Calgary	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$30241

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581