Cali vs Indianapolis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cali	Indianapolis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$759	$2382
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1941	$5728
🏠 One person rent	$279	$1450
🏘️ Family rent	$476	$2501
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$395	$4546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	70
😀 Quality of life	57	91
🏙️ Population	2.47M	888K

The cost of living in Cali is 68% less expensive than in Indianapolis. Cities ranked 6830th and 1089th ($759 vs $2382) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 957th in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.9 months in Indianapolis. Cali ranked 6th best city to live in Colombia vs Indianapolis ranked 54th in the United States, while ranked 6175th and 186th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Indianapolis

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	Cali	Indianapolis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.9	$25.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.12	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$5.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$1547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$192	$1154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$2724
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$2077
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$221
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.52%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1046	$1963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$838	$1551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$60.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$5.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$6.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$1.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$9.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$6.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$5.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$41.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.79	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.7	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.4	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$242	$1686
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6322	$27445

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$693
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$782
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$511
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$572
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$565
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$667
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$679
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$655
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$730
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$506
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$515
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$678
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$489
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$708
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$608
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$722
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$848
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$976
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$622
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$604
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$950
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$1030
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$546
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$762
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$881
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$585
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$637
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$606
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$882
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$960
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$581
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$777
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$598
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$721
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$686
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$542
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$649
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$663

Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961