Calgary vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$1146
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	53	70
😀 Quality of life	90	68
🏙️ Population	1.31M	12.7M

The cost of living in Calgary is 139% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1646th and 6198th ($2077 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 153rd and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Suzhou

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	Calgary	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613