Cali vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$287	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$991
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	45	93
😀 Quality of life	50	66
🏙️ Population	2.47M	9.37M

The cost of living in Cali is 20% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 6679th and 7405th ($748 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 160th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 6204th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Hefei

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	Cali	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665