Calgary vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$1254
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$2954
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$650
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$388
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$1684
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	38
😀 Quality of life	90	77
🏙️ Population	1.31M	767K

The cost of living in Calgary is 71% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 1473rd and 4447th ($2149 vs $1254) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 4th in Canada and Croatia, respectively. Check Canada vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 131st and 748th 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	$16.9	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$3.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$1101
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$852
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$4189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$3073
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.69
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$9.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$5.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$7.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$91.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$10598

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1142
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$926
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1147
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$999
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1146
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1143
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1217
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$618
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$663
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1500
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$566
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1174
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1270
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1397
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1764
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$802
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$745
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1770
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1362
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$789
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1188
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$851
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1361
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1247
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1674
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1347
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1424
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1061
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1265
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$641
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$883
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1366
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$890
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$860
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$780