Calgary vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$616
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	49
😀 Quality of life	90	58
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.63M

The cost of living in Calgary is 198% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 1646th and 6907th ($2077 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 26th in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 153rd and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Novosibirsk

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	Calgary	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$4263

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648