Cali vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cali	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$829	$2365
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2097	$5609
🏠 One person rent	$318	$1445
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$2498
🍽️ Food expenses	$288	$583
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$3421
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	90
😀 Quality of life	60	93
🏙️ Population	2.47M	548K

The cost of living in Cali is 65% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 6645th and 1156th ($829 vs $2365) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 33rd 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 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Manchester ranked 9th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5917th and 78th 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	$4.79	$19.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.7	$93.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.04	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$7.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$4.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$1540
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$1148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$555	$2808
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$2033
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.1	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.5	$43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.68%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1099	$4797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$890	$4525
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$22.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$8.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$18.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$2.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.92	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.52	$7.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$49.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.06	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.2	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.39	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.1	$99.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$256	$1658
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6650	$21096

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862