Calgary vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$553
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	43
😀 Quality of life	90	64
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.08M

The cost of living in Calgary is 170% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1646th and 6565th ($2077 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 3rd 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 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 153rd and 4554th 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	$15.2	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512