Cali vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	78
😀 Quality of life	50	88
🏙️ Population	2.47M	689K

The cost of living in Cali is 70% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 6679th and 790th ($748 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 733rd in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Nashville

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	Cali	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$30520

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494