Calgary vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$444
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	40
😀 Quality of life	90	48
🏙️ Population	1.31M	5.94M

The cost of living in Calgary is 169% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1646th and 6559th ($2077 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Canada and India, respectively. Check Canada vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 153rd and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Surat

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	Calgary	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$271
🔌 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	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340