Cali vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cali	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2137	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$330	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$777
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	47	46
😀 Quality of life	62	54
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.49M

The cost of living in Cali is 21% less expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 6549th and 5103rd ($850 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 24th in Colombia and Cuba, respectively. Check Colombia vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Cali compared to 0.5 months in Havana. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Havana ranked 4th in Cuba, while ranked 5632nd and 6382nd 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	$5.09	$4.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.16	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$346	$297
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$639	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.8	$43.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.5	$76.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.49%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$332
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$904	$398
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$33.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$3.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.83	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$5.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$7.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$8.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$6.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$5.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$3.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.8	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.15	$1.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$63.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.54	$35.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.7	$45.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6818	$7234

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$788
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$856
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$563
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$631
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$606
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$749
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$769
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$749
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$862
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$537
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$559
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$737
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$524
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$802
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$675
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$816
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$958
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$1106
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$694
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$672
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$1041
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$1162
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$593
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$858
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$1012
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$557
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$680
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$613
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$864
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$1045
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$630
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$740
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$592
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$797
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$795
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$516
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$653
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$733

Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1213
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1168
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1163
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1196
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1160
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1212
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2957
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$886
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1165
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1158
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3151
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1232
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2843
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2859
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2805
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2747
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2668
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2854
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2636
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2483
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3216
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2556
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2487
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2471
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2602
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2840
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2747
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2808
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$3046
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2762
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2842
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2756
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2589
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2802
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2792
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2721
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2958
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2607