Cali vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4929
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$2177
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$3222
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	94
😀 Quality of life	50	95
🏙️ Population	2.47M	626K

The cost of living in Cali is 63% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 6679th and 1806th ($748 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 64th 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 Glasgow. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6204th and 24th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Glasgow

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	Cali	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$89.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$6.25
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$840
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$320
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$39.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$3920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$2776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$3.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$9.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$8.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$47.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$16.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$80.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1078
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$15092

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1765
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1699
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1601
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1604
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1551
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1649
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1608
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1404
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1500
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1246
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1482
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1567
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1382
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1755
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1722
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1713
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1968
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1705
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1651
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1628
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1637
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1393
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1707
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1510
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1390
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1714
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1629
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1288