Calgary vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	62
😀 Quality of life	91	52
🏙️ Population	1.31M	9.08M

The cost of living in Calgary is 317% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1781st and 8696th ($2079 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 502nd in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 160th and 6465th 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	$16.7	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753