Calgary vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	93
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.38M

The cost of living in Calgary is 37% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1646th and 3363rd ($2077 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 2nd 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 8th best city to live in Canada vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 153rd 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	$15.2	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120