Calgary vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.86M

The cost of living in Calgary is 6% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1759th and 2081st ($2095 vs $1979) 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 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Calgary ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 187th and 335th 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	$19.1	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$15882

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445