Cali vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4961
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$2044
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$235
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$3346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	84
😀 Quality of life	50	94
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.91M

The cost of living in Cali is 63% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 6679th and 1818th ($748 vs $2007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 3rd 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 1.7 months in Hamburg City. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Hamburg City ranked 6th in Germany, while ranked 6204th and 40th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Hamburg City

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	Cali	Hamburg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$83.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$3.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1071
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$755
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2236
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1550
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$318
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$8190
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$5824
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$52.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$8.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$58.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$23.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$85.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$233
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$24460

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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 Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321