Cali vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	45	60
😀 Quality of life	50	87
🏙️ Population	2.47M	246K

The cost of living in Cali is 59% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6679th and 2336th ($748 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 299th 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	$4.3	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974