Cali vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cali	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$733	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$459	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$420	$4332
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	45	61
😀 Quality of life	51	87
🏙️ Population	2.47M	246K

The cost of living in Cali is 61% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6748th and 2276th ($733 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 1806th 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 2.3 months in Louisville. Cali ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 6170th and 251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Louisville

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	Cali	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.68	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.9	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.84	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$208	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$455	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$345	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.4	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.9	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$969	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$926	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.28	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.6	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.34	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.1	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.01	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$226	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6178	$13601

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$652
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$718
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$477
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$462
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$520
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$541
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$619
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$562
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$641
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$501
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$483
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$653
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$398
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$661
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$488
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$641
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$748
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$868
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$544
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$504
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$871
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$873
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$475
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$681
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$789
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$528
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$526
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$618
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$902
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$851
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$523
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$687
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$592
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$634
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$584
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$574
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$651
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$620

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954