Cali vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Columbus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2145
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$5059
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1248
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$2171
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$632
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$4018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	45	73
😀 Quality of life	50	88
🏙️ Population	2.47M	906K

The cost of living in Cali is 65% less expensive than in Columbus. Cities ranked 6679th and 1476th ($748 vs $2145) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Columbus ranked 59th in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 249th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Columbus

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	Cali	Columbus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$972
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$57.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$3095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$2954
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$60.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$5.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$3.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$4.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$85.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$15423

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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 Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858