Calgary vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Calgary	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2113	$1242
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$2882
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$1061
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$399
🚐 Transport expenses	$189	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3532	$1443
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	38
😀 Quality of life	92	75
🏙️ Population	1.31M	767K

The cost of living in Calgary is 70% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 1526th and 4330th ($2113 vs $1242) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 2nd in Canada and Croatia, respectively. Check Canada vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Calgary compared to 1.2 months in Zagreb. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 66th and 983rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Zagreb

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	Calgary	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$8.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1165	$604
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$944	$473
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$1109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1559	$800
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$111
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.7	$27
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$4564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3182	$3182
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.1	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$4.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$5.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.57	$6.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.91	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$2.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$7.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.2	$44.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$7.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.9	$89.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$904	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21983	$10009

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722

Cities near Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1100
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$997
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1058
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$913
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1081
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1133
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1197
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$929
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$682
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$558
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$517
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1438
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$503
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1102
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1274
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$762
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1321
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1658
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$742
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$777
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1664
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1279
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$747
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$690
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1167
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$835
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1301
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1200
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1581
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1271
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1393
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1229
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1008
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1219
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$604
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$852
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1284
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$849
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$755