Calgary vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$758
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$126
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$189
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$121
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$43.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$148
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	53	48
😀 Quality of life	90	34
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.97M

The cost of living in Calgary is 552% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1759th and 9130th ($2095 vs $321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 28th 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 9th best city to live in Canada vs Peshawar ranked 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 187th and 8525th 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	$19.1	$2.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$8.99
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$59.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$96
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$70.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	14.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$356
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$9.26
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$4.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$0.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$2.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$1.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$10.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$2.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$10.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$12
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$44.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$33.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$3008

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$394
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$373
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$381
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$371
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$373
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$496
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$438
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$456
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$504
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$280
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$391
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$253
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$335
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$447
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$393
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$382
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$344
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$306
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$359
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$309
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$313
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$379
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$332
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$286
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$339
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$450
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$468
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$340
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$397
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$401
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$440
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$371
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$350
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$346
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734