Cali vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$287	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	45	96
😀 Quality of life	50	74
🏙️ Population	2.47M	13.1M

The cost of living in Cali is 40% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6679th and 4359th ($748 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Colombia and Russia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6204th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Moscow

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	Cali	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$12252

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$666
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$742
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$513
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$477
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$557
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$598
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$649
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$605
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$680
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$529
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$493
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$653
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$410
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$705
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$514
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$674
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$794
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$887
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$571
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$531
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$897
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$906
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$497
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$709
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$839
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$519
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$563
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$610
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$884
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$882
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$534
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$722
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$532
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$664
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$648
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$573
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$651
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$645

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592