Cali vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$926
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$287	$373
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$53.9
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	45	47
😀 Quality of life	50	53
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.49M

The cost of living in Cali is 19% less expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 6679th and 5902nd ($748 vs $926) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 24th in Colombia and Cuba, respectively. Check Colombia vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.1 months in Havana. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 6204th and 6054th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Havana

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	Cali	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1018
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$23.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$35
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$74.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$396
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$24.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$3.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$5.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$5.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$6.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$5.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$0.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$34.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$10030

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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 Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1094
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1017
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1273
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1214
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1122
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1071
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2897
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$865
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1107
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1058
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1101
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$4044
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1211
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3092
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3032
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2865
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2805
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2604
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2756
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2553
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2581
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3075
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2474
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2381
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2611
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2528
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2762
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2651
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2660
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2732
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2939
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2714
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2758
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2710
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2590
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2731
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2793
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2681
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3016
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2945