Cali vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cali	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$1288
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1853	$3248
🏠 One person rent	$273	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$469	$1322
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$407
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	90
😀 Quality of life	53	66
🏙️ Population	2.47M	9.21M

The cost of living in Cali is 44% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6693rd and 4206th ($720 vs $1288) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 8th in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. Check Colombia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Cali compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Cali ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 6111th and 4184th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Mexico City

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	Cali	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.67	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.9	$46.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.66	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$928
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$188	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$1792
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$339	$1104
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.2	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.8	$52.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$27.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.55%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1167	$3145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1105	$2277
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$8.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$4.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.1	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$3.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.5	$56.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$426
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6394	$10204

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$648
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$552
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$493
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$455
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$507
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$551
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$639
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$567
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$639
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$525
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$416
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$727
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$416
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$649
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$511
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$433
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$724
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$883
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$533
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$515
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$812
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$867
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$530
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$645
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$778
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$536
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$511
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$612
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$851
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$617
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$597
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$594
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$775
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$624
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$612
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$649
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$570
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$638
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$633

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881