Calgary vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$1966
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	93
😀 Quality of life	90	83
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.86M

The cost of living in Calgary is 21% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1473rd and 2592nd ($2149 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 1st in Canada and Poland, respectively. Check Canada vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 131st and 387th 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	$16.9	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$13474

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390