Cali vs Las Vegas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Las Vegas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2271
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$5203
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1389
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$2398
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$4042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	45	51
😀 Quality of life	50	87
🏙️ Population	2.47M	642K

The cost of living in Cali is 67% less expensive than in Las Vegas. Cities ranked 6679th and 1211th ($748 vs $2271) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1100th 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 1.8 months in Las Vegas. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Las Vegas ranked 75th in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 290th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Cali	Las Vegas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$19.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$71
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$6.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1329
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$1126
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1986
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$3295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$2677
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$63.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$3.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$16.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$8.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$5.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$3.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$25.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$93.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1017
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$13572

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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 Las Vegas

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	North Las Vegas	$2260
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Paradise	$2322
16 km or 10 mi	Enterprise	$2343
18 km or 11 mi	Summerlin South	$2261
21 km or 13 mi	Henderson	$2566
78 km or 48 mi	Pahrump	$2235
127 km or 79 mi	Bullhead	$1852
147 km or 91 mi	Kingman	$1926
174 km or 108 mi	St. George	$2126
181 km or 112 mi	Washington	$2146
202 km or 125 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
221 km or 137 mi	Barstow	$2749
236 km or 146 mi	Ridgecrest	$2115
241 km or 150 mi	Twentynine Palms	$2592
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar	$2083
254 km or 158 mi	Yucca Valley	$2141
263 km or 163 mi	Apple Valley	$2550
266 km or 165 mi	Victorville	$2568
273 km or 169 mi	Adelanto	$2840
275 km or 171 mi	Desert Hot Springs	$2471
277 km or 172 mi	Hesperia	$2657
289 km or 179 mi	Cathedral	$2421
289 km or 180 mi	Blythe	$2763
290 km or 180 mi	Palm Springs	$2389
290 km or 180 mi	Indio	$2619
292 km or 181 mi	Coachella	$2778
294 km or 183 mi	Palm Desert	$2578
294 km or 183 mi	Yucaipa	$2502
295 km or 183 mi	Highland	$2888
296 km or 184 mi	Banning	$2501
297 km or 184 mi	La Quinta	$2619
299 km or 186 mi	San Bernardino	$2447
299 km or 186 mi	Redlands	$2768
300 km or 186 mi	Beaumont	$2544
303 km or 188 mi	Prescott	$2466
304 km or 189 mi	Loma Linda	$2726
305 km or 190 mi	Colton	$3060
306 km or 190 mi	Rialto	$2701
310 km or 192 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
312 km or 194 mi	Moreno Valley	$2695