Cali vs Georgetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Cali	Georgetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$751	$841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1912	$2429
🏠 One person rent	$280	$334
🏘️ Family rent	$474	$553
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$68
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$568
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	24
😀 Quality of life	54	38
🏙️ Population	2.47M	235K

The cost of living in Cali is 11% less expensive than in Georgetown. Cities ranked 6869th and 6494th ($751 vs $841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 3rd in Colombia and Guyana, respectively. Check Colombia vs Guyana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.7 months in Georgetown. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Georgetown ranked 1st in Guyana, while ranked 6176th and 7628th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Georgetown

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	Cali	Georgetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.58	$4.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$7.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$350
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$191	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$448	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.9	$46.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.8	$71.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$46.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.59%	7.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$3463
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$806	$1314
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.9	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.73	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$6.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$9.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$5.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.68	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.6	$27.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.76	$6.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.8	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.7	$78.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$1006
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6155	$23447

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$690
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$751
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$491
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$554
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$557
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$650
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$674
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$628
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$676
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$510
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$514
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$651
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$467
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$721
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$584
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$696
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$821
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$922
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$604
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$584
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$909
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$937
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$520
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$725
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$865
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$516
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$598
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$608
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$878
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$922
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$558
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$745
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$602
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$688
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$657
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$668
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$563
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$646
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$632

Cities near Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1031
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$858
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1859
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$789
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$776
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$702
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$889
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$1013
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1065
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1219
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1125
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1238
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$877
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1905
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$894
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1895
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1071
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1069
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$734
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$744
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1318
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1450
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$676
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$642
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$709
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$685
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$695
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$1041
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$1019
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$699
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$866
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$848
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$805
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1167
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$793
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1767
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$862