Cali vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cali	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$733	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$5153
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$459	$2202
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$420	$3299
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	91
😀 Quality of life	51	92
🏙️ Population	2.47M	548K

The cost of living in Cali is 66% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 6748th and 1500th ($733 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 53rd in Colombia and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Cali compared to 1.5 months in Manchester. Cali ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Manchester ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6170th and 76th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Manchester

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	Cali	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.68	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.9	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.84	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$6.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$208	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$455	$2281
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$345	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.4	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.9	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$969	$5337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$926	$3610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.28	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$5.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.6	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.34	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.1	$91.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.01	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$226	$1753
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6178	$17390

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761