Cali vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$287	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	45	35
😀 Quality of life	50	53
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.43M

The cost of living in Cali is 24% less expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 6679th and 5623rd ($748 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 19th in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. Check Colombia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 6204th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Puebla

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	Cali	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699