Cali vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$4536
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	94
😀 Quality of life	50	76
🏙️ Population	2.47M	467K

The cost of living in Cali is 73% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6679th and 379th ($748 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 339th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 949th 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	$4.3	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$27134

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683