Cali vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cali	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$759	$2310
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1941	$5713
🏠 One person rent	$279	$1359
🏘️ Family rent	$476	$2393
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$395	$3676
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	88
😀 Quality of life	57	95
🏙️ Population	2.47M	488K

The cost of living in Cali is 67% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 6830th and 1247th ($759 vs $2310) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 32nd in Colombia and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Cali ranked 6th best city to live in Colombia vs Edinburgh ranked 5th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6175th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Edinburgh

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	Cali	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.9	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.12	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$8.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$2.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$192	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$2488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$1942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$300
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.52%	5.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1046	$6892
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$838	$4820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$4.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$3.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.79	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.7	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.4	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$242	$1932
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6322	$23184

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$693
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$782
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$511
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$572
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$565
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$667
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$679
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$655
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$730
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$506
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$515
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$678
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$489
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$708
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$608
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$722
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$848
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$976
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$622
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$604
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$950
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$1030
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$546
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$762
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$881
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$585
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$637
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$606
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$882
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$960
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$581
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$777
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$598
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$721
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$686
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$542
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$649
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$663

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808