Cali vs Edmonton - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Edmonton
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1769
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4094
🏠 One person rent	$287	$948
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1630
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$2961
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	45	63
😀 Quality of life	50	89
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.01M

The cost of living in Cali is 58% less expensive than in Edmonton. Cities ranked 6679th and 2475th ($748 vs $1769) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 84th in Colombia and Canada, respectively. Check Colombia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.7 months in Edmonton. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Edmonton ranked 12th in Canada, while ranked 6204th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Edmonton

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	Cali	Edmonton
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$56.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.07
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$961
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$711
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1601
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$201
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$56.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$2901
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$2327
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$70.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$21.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$11.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$44.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$56.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$689
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$7826

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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 Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2077
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1743
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1770
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1886
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1491
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1638
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2007
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2284
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1540
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2163
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2054
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2023
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2327
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1792
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1612
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2021
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2280
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2495
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2488
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2466
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2317
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009