Cali vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cali	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2348
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2137	$5497
🏠 One person rent	$330	$1452
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$2508
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$573
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$3236
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	90
😀 Quality of life	62	92
🏙️ Population	2.47M	548K

The cost of living in Cali is 64% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 6549th and 1193rd ($850 vs $2348) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 30th 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 1.4 months in Manchester. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Manchester ranked 12th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5632nd and 84th 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	$5.09	$20.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$93.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$7.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$4.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.16	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$346	$1619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$1133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$639	$2982
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$1988
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.8	$280
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.5	$41.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.49%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$4975
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$904	$4650
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$107
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.83	$3.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$8.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3	$23.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$9.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$2.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.8	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.15	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$90.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.54	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.7	$90.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$96.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6818	$20557

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$788
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$856
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$563
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$631
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$606
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$749
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$769
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$749
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$862
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$537
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$559
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$737
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$524
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$802
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$675
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$816
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$958
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$1106
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$694
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$672
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$1041
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$1162
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$593
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$858
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$1012
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$557
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$680
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$613
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$864
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$1045
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$630
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$740
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$592
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$797
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$795
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$516
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$653
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$733

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2043
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1975
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2025
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1993
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1689
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1784
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1987
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2022
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1742
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1832
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1682
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1885
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1890
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1501
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1961
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1827
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1694
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1733
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1774
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1847
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1808
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1853
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1559
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1942
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1948
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2035
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1860
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1831