Cali vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1125
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1929
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$534
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$3700
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	87
😀 Quality of life	50	94
🏙️ Population	2.47M	776K

The cost of living in Cali is 62% less expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 6679th and 1863rd ($748 vs $1989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 4th in Colombia and Germany, respectively. Check Colombia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.9 months in Frankfurt. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Frankfurt ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 6204th and 47th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Frankfurt

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	Cali	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1133
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$849
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$8106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$4832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$3.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$8.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$86
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$14496

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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 Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595