Calgary vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$350
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$924
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	55
😀 Quality of life	90	52
🏙️ Population	1.31M	9.08M

The cost of living in Calgary is 295% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1759th and 8496th ($2095 vs $531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 466th 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Calgary ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Xuzhou ranked 101st in China, while ranked 187th and 6556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Xuzhou

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	Calgary	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$2.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$7.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$2128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$1668
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$4.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$1.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$1.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$5.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$3.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$52.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$22004

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$595
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$605
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$588
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$585
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$587
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$633
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$523
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$575
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$612
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$523
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$571
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$613
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$624
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$672
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$567
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$560
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$562
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$578
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$550
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$635
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$610
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$555
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$589
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$644
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$670
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$508
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$457
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$546
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$549
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$650
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$693
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$789