Cali vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cali	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$1901
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2137	$4422
🏠 One person rent	$330	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$1684
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$193
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$2928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	47	100
😀 Quality of life	62	93
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.9M

The cost of living in Cali is 55% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6549th and 2370th ($850 vs $1901) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 64th in Colombia and Canada, respectively. Check Colombia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Cali compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 5632nd and 49th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Montreal

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	Cali	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.09	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.16	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$346	$1096
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$842
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$639	$1985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.8	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.5	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.49%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$5122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$904	$3877
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$75.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.83	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.8	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.15	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.54	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.7	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$99.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6818	$6432

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828