Cali vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$2746
🏠 One person rent	$287	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$421
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$231
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	45	53
😀 Quality of life	50	46
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.25M

The cost of living in Cali is 30% less expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 6679th and 4987th ($748 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Colombia and Venezuela, respectively. Check Colombia vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.2 months in Caracas. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 6204th and 6530th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Caracas

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	Cali	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$48.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$849
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$670
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$16.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$26
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$34.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	21.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$22.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$9.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$7.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$3.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$84.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$41.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$5488

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$938
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$919
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$974
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$960
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$904
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$910
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$892
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$939
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$917
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$918
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$901
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$858
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$857
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$818
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$780
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$817
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$775
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$745
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$807
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$795
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$728
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$781
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$769
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$724
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$738
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$845
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$739
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$776
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$804
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1962
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$685
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$837
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$858
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$666
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$722
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$723
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$723