Cali vs Chengdu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Chengdu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1664
🏠 One person rent	$287	$240
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$430
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$83.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$863
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	45	94
😀 Quality of life	50	72
🏙️ Population	2.47M	20.9M

The cost of living in Cali is 20% more expensive than in Chengdu. Cities ranked 6679th and 7421st ($748 vs $623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 164th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.4 months in Chengdu. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Chengdu ranked 9th in China, while ranked 6204th and 1890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Chengdu

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	Cali	Chengdu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$31.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	4.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$3812
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$2020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$3.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$6.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$72.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$305
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$11550

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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 Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574