Cali vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$5839
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1559
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$2624
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$636
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$4485
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	68
😀 Quality of life	50	88
🏙️ Population	2.47M	875K

The cost of living in Cali is 70% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 6679th and 761st ($748 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 705th in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.8 months in Charlotte. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Charlotte ranked 62nd in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Charlotte

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	Cali	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$1337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$3268
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$2832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$4.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$7.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$8.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$6.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$4.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$25956

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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 Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888