Buenos Aires vs Cali - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Buenos Aires	Cali
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1247	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3037	$2137
🏠 One person rent	$555	$330
🏘️ Family rent	$961	$553
🍽️ Food expenses	$463	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$824	$505
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	79	47
😀 Quality of life	77	62
🏙️ Population	3.12M	2.47M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 47% more expensive than in Cali. Cities ranked 4647th and 6549th ($1247 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 17th in Argentina and Colombia, respectively. Check Argentina vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Cali. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Cali ranked 4th in Colombia, while ranked 1053rd and 5632nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/buenos-aires/cali.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Buenos Aires vs Cali infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/buenos-aires/cali" target="_blank">Buenos Aires vs Cali - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Buenos Aires vs Cali

Prices for goods and services in Buenos Aires and Cali are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Buenos Aires	Cali
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.1	$28.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.85	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.15	$2.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.05	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$346
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$639
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$729	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.4	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$83.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$24.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	42.38%	11.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2619	$1128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$904
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.35	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$2.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$5.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.08
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.71	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.4	$6.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.7	$25.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$5.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.2	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13	$9.54
👖 Brand Jeans	$113	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7057	$6818

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$859
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$955
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$788
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$929
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$970
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$914
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$1003
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$693
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$909
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$1020
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$1035
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$610
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$1001
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1082
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$979
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$920
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$928
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$872
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$998
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$853
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$1001
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$920
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$1008
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$733
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1048
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$927
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$920
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$784
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$984
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$977
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$939
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$948
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$923
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$972
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$961
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$923
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$959
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$948

Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$788
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$856
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$563
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$631
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$606
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$749
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$769
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$749
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$862
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$537
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$559
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$737
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$524
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$802
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$675
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$816
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$958
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$1106
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$694
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$672
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$1041
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$1162
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$593
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$858
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$1012
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$557
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$680
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$613
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$864
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$1045
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$630
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$740
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$592
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$797
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$795
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$516
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$653
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$733