Cali vs Cleveland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Cleveland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4394
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1105
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1817
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$3249
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	45	83
😀 Quality of life	50	86
🏙️ Population	2.47M	373K

The cost of living in Cali is 61% less expensive than in Cleveland. Cities ranked 6679th and 2110th ($748 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1771st 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 1.7 months in Cleveland. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Cleveland ranked 80th in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 305th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Cleveland

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	Cali	Cleveland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$58.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$9.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1071
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$844
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2260
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$51.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$1302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$1026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$96.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$10.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$9.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$74.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1016
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$18828

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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 Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1958
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1931
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1927
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1973
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2023
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1943
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1922
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2060
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1966
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1921
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1914
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2003
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1876
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1965
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1954
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1967
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1935
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1902
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1937
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1915
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1930
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1818
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1871
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1906
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1830
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1799
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1842
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1666
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1839
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1840
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1753
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1584
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1606
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1481
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1526
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1279
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1858
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$1860