Calgary vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$601
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	53	46
😀 Quality of life	90	60
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.47M

The cost of living in Calgary is 206% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 1473rd and 6924th ($2149 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 16th in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 131st and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Yekaterinburg

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	Calgary	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$4718

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$539
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$531
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$698
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$490
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$567
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$782
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$620
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$484
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$451
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$503
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$463
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$630
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$654
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$533
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$589
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$513
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$541
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$406
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$530
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$522
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$612
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$376
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628