Calgary vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$2749
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$627
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$1596
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	53	99
😀 Quality of life	90	77
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.33M

The cost of living in Calgary is 97% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 1716th and 5151st ($2118 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 152nd in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.5 months in Saitama. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Saitama ranked 64th in Japan, while ranked 209th and 1177th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Saitama

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	Calgary	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$5.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$2.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$389
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$95.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$35.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$5321
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3021
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$3.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$72.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$27.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$2.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$4.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$7.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$3.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$64.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$36
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$57.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$308
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$15321

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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 Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$979
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$993
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1011
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1056
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1013
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1050
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1074
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1072
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1038
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1005
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1063
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1046
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1039
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1089
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1033
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1088
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1077
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$987
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1066
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1090
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1155
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1023
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1042
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1144
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1070
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1048
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1049
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1698
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1086
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1047
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1046
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1048
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1029
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1115
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1176
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1116
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1058
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1066
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1102