Calgary vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	45
😀 Quality of life	90	69
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.08M

The cost of living in Calgary is 154% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1759th and 6663rd ($2095 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 4th in Canada and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Canada vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Calgary ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 187th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Nur-Sultan

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	Calgary	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$6976

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553