Calgary vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Calgary	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2113	$939
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$2825
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$189	$94.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3532	$1524
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	96
😀 Quality of life	92	80
🏙️ Population	1.31M	17.5M

The cost of living in Calgary is 125% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1526th and 5744th ($2113 vs $939) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 16th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Calgary compared to 1.6 months in Shenzhen. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 66th and 460th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Shenzhen

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	Calgary	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1165	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$944	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$1719
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1559	$954
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$60
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.7	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$12768
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3182	$7264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.57	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.91	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$7.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.2	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.9	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$904	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21983	$24305

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2410
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$618
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$589
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1565
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$481
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$837
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$742
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$575
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1083
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$816
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$891
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$781
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$830
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$876
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$738
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$856
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$716
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$799
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$588
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$824
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$774
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$785
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$831
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$857
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$812
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$752
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$806
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$735
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$721
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$620
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$851
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$525
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$584