Calgary vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$647
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	53	46
😀 Quality of life	90	55
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.2M

The cost of living in Calgary is 190% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1646th and 6811th ($2077 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 24th in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 153rd and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Calgary	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$4568

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557