Calgary vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$824
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$190
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	53	48
😀 Quality of life	90	40
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.97M

The cost of living in Calgary is 500% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1646th and 9093rd ($2077 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 20th in Canada and Pakistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 153rd and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Peshawar

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	Calgary	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596