Cali vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4267
🏠 One person rent	$287	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1800
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$3350
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	45	35
😀 Quality of life	50	79
🏙️ Population	2.47M	679K

The cost of living in Cali is 59% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 6679th and 2363rd ($748 vs $1813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1931st 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 1.8 months in El Paso. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs El Paso ranked 179th in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs El Paso

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	Cali	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$921
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1644
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$76.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$1815
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$1759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$27.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$63.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$36.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$6903

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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 El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353