Calgary vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$205
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	50
😀 Quality of life	90	48
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.57M

The cost of living in Calgary is 253% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1646th and 7787th ($2077 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 34th in Canada and Iran, respectively. Check Canada vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 153rd and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Shiraz

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	Calgary	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723