Arlington vs Cali - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Cali
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$748
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$1926
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$287
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	45
😀 Quality of life	73	50
🏙️ Population	394K	2.47M

The cost of living in Arlington is 152% more expensive than in Cali. Cities ranked 2153rd and 6679th ($1883 vs $748) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 12th in the United States and Colombia, respectively. Check the United States vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.5 months in Cali. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Cali ranked 4th in Colombia, while ranked 1499th and 6204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Cali

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	Arlington	Cali
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$4.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$7.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$1.33
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$536
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$384
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$50
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$76.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	13.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$798
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$8.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$5.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$55.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$97.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$6351

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$666
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$742
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$513
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$477
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$557
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$598
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$649
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$605
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$680
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$529
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$493
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$653
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$410
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$705
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$514
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$674
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$794
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$887
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$571
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$531
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$897
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$906
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$497
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$709
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$839
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$519
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$563
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$610
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$884
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$882
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$534
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$722
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$532
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$664
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$648
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$573
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$651
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$645