Calgary vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	96
😀 Quality of life	90	80
🏙️ Population	1.31M	17.7M

The cost of living in Calgary is 127% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1646th and 5950th ($2077 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 12th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 153rd and 545th 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	$15.2	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609