Calgary vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$1869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$4283
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$1132
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$2002
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$521
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$98.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$3299
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	53	17
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	1.31M	216K

The cost of living in Calgary is 11% more expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 1781st and 2432nd ($2079 vs $1869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 3rd in Canada and New Zealand, respectively. Check Canada vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 1.8 months in Wellington. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 160th and 358th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Wellington

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	Calgary	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$64.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$9.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$1126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$966
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$2045
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$1766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$84
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	6.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$5538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$4661
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$2.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$6.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$3.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$35.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$70.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$760
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$12047

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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 Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1838
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1743
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1709
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1612
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1254
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1252
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1379
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1396
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1425
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1480
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1237
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1493
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1638
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1423
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1312
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1383
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1612
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1678
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1847
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1499
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1678
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1716
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$1961
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1536
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1461
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1250
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$2086
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1238
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1580
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2181
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2640
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1839
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2292
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1878
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1888
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1599
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2127
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1811