Calgary vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	91	85
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.86M

The cost of living in Calgary is 5% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1781st and 2069th ($2079 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Canada and Poland, respectively. Check Canada vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 160th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Warsaw

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	Calgary	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$15871

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349