Calgary vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$2607
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$695
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$1617
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	53	54
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	1.31M	791K

The cost of living in Calgary is 107% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 1716th and 5487th ($2118 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 361st in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.6 months in Niigata. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Niigata ranked 214th in Japan, while ranked 209th and 2415th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Niigata

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	Calgary	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$5.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$3.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$538
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$444
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	1.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$2772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2779
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$52.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$6.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$0.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$24.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$38.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$45.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$65.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$16483

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$984
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$999
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1011
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1016
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1024
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1015
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1056
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1023
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1099
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1037
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1072
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1060
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1083
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1018
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$975
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1085
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1031
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$968
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1100
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$954
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1058
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$941
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1022
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$948
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$958
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1035
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1058
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$942
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$948
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$983
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$961
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1035
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1041
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$969
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$926
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1045
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1032