Cali vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$287	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$652
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	45	49
😀 Quality of life	50	57
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.46M

The cost of living in Cali is 26% less expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 6679th and 5385th ($748 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 15th in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. Check Colombia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 6204th and 5625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Guadalajara

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	Cali	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$5853

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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 Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214