Cali vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cali	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$829	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2097	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$318	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$288	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$4433
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	47	78
😀 Quality of life	60	89
🏙️ Population	2.47M	689K

The cost of living in Cali is 67% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 6645th and 924th ($829 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 798th 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 77th in the United States, while ranked 5917th and 281st 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	$4.79	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.7	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.04	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$555	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.1	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.5	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.68%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1099	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$890	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.92	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.52	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.06	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.2	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.39	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.1	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$256	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6650	$30241

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$746
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$825
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$537
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$606
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$592
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$719
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$738
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$709
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$789
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$529
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$547
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$717
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$514
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$757
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$637
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$777
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$919
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$1062
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$663
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$640
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$992
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$1071
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$575
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$813
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$915
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$569
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$667
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$613
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$902
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$1019
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$614
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$750
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$598
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$764
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$744
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$754
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$538
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$656
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$703

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581