Cali vs Hamilton - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Hamilton
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4455
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1247
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$2030
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$2780
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	73
😀 Quality of life	50	88
🏙️ Population	2.47M	569K

The cost of living in Cali is 63% less expensive than in Hamilton. Cities ranked 6679th and 1784th ($748 vs $2017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 31st in Colombia and Canada, respectively. Check Colombia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.4 months in Hamilton. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Hamilton ranked 18th in Canada, while ranked 6204th and 239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Hamilton

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	Cali	Hamilton
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$70.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1156
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$1072
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$166
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$51.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$16293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$4716
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$7.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$13.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$6.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$25
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$44.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$21263

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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 Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2185
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2142
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1783
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2089
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2370
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$1899
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$1946
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2056
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1977
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1554
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2453
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2267
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1861
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2009
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2291
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1680
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2183
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2432
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2145
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2101
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2082
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2056
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1554
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1936
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1840
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1849
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2195
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1910
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1799