Calgary vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$2307
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	93
😀 Quality of life	90	89
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.4M

The cost of living in Calgary is 11% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1716th and 2387th ($2118 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 1st in Canada and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Canada vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 209th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Prague

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	Calgary	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$17389

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383