Cali vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1633
🏠 One person rent	$287	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$609
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	45	30
😀 Quality of life	50	36
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.58M

The cost of living in Cali is 9% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 6679th and 6965th ($748 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 115th in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. Check Colombia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.9 months in Leon. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 6204th and 7382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Leon

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	Cali	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$8.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$615
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$17.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$26.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	11.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$29.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$8.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$3.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$2639

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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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704