Cali vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cali	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$759	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1941	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$279	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$476	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$395	$4436
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	78
😀 Quality of life	57	90
🏙️ Population	2.47M	689K

The cost of living in Cali is 70% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 6830th and 832nd ($759 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 741st 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 6th best city to live in Colombia vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 6175th and 218th 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	$4.9	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.12	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$192	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.52%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1046	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$838	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.79	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.7	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.4	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$242	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6322	$30339

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$693
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$782
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$511
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$572
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$565
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$667
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$679
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$655
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$730
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$506
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$515
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$678
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$489
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$708
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$608
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$722
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$848
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$976
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$622
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$604
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$950
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$1030
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$546
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$762
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$881
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$585
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$637
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$606
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$882
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$960
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$581
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$777
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$598
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$721
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$686
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$542
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$649
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$663

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508