Cali vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$287	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$311
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$729
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	45	44
😀 Quality of life	50	43
🏙️ Population	2.47M	6.65M

The cost of living in Cali is 27% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 6679th and 7767th ($748 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 276th 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 1.2 months in Hengyang. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Hengyang ranked 140th in China, while ranked 6204th and 6669th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Hengyang

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	Cali	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$2.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$517
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$23
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$34.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$3292
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$3135
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$3.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$3.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$24.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$83.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$67.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$8454

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600