Cali vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cali	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$829	$2732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2097	$6311
🏠 One person rent	$318	$1782
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$3096
🍽️ Food expenses	$288	$654
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$4305
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	94
😀 Quality of life	60	78
🏙️ Population	2.47M	467K

The cost of living in Cali is 70% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6645th and 524th ($829 vs $2732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 453rd 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 282nd in the United States, while ranked 5917th and 992nd 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	$4.79	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.7	$72.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.04	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$5.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$1919
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$1544
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$555	$3153
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$2806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.1	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.5	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.68%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1099	$7165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$890	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$73.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$29.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.92	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.52	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$7.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.06	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.2	$95.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.39	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.1	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$256	$1666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6650	$22757

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$746
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$825
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$537
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$606
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$592
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$719
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$738
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$709
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$789
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$529
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$547
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$717
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$514
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$757
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$637
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$777
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$919
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$1062
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$663
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$640
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$992
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$1071
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$575
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$813
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$915
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$569
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$667
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$613
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$902
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$1019
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$614
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$750
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$598
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$764
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$744
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$754
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$538
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$656
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$703

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059