Cali vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cali	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$2661
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1853	$5993
🏠 One person rent	$273	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$469	$3159
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$584
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$5087
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	94
😀 Quality of life	53	77
🏙️ Population	2.47M	467K

The cost of living in Cali is 73% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6693rd and 440th ($720 vs $2661) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 394th 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 0.6 months in Cali compared to 1.9 months in Long Beach. Cali ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Long Beach ranked 152nd in the United States, while ranked 6111th and 720th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Long Beach

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	Cali	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.67	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.9	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.66	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$6.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$1874
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$188	$1558
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$3303
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$339	$2822
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.2	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.8	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$64.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.55%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1167	$6502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1105	$7284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19	$72.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$9.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.1	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$7.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$4.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.5	$30.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$91
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$1199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6394	$18490

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$648
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$552
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$493
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$455
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$507
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$551
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$639
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$567
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$639
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$525
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$416
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$727
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$416
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$649
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$511
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$433
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$724
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$883
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$533
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$515
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$812
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$867
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$530
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$645
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$778
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$536
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$511
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$612
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$851
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$617
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$597
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$594
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$775
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$624
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$612
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$649
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$570
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$638
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$633

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652