Calgary vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	45
😀 Quality of life	90	68
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.08M

The cost of living in Calgary is 189% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1716th and 7085th ($2118 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 7th 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 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 209th and 4594th 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	$17	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$6043

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537