Cali vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	45	99
😀 Quality of life	50	95
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.15M

The cost of living in Cali is 67% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6679th and 1222nd ($748 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Colombia and France, respectively. Check Colombia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6204th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Paris

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	Cali	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293