Cali vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cali	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$733	$1586
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$3407
🏠 One person rent	$287	$921
🏘️ Family rent	$459	$1393
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$420	$2861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	71
😀 Quality of life	51	77
🏙️ Population	2.47M	7.01M

The cost of living in Cali is 54% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6748th and 3292nd ($733 vs $1586) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 1st in Colombia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Cali compared to 1.8 months in Riyadh. Cali ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6170th and 796th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Riyadh

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	Cali	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.68	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.9	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.84	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$208	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$455	$1969
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$345	$1032
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.4	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$99.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.9	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	5.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$969	$2212
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$926	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$8.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.28	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$2.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$5.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.6	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.34	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.1	$49.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.01	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$226	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6178	$10359

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$652
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$718
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$477
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$462
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$520
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$541
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$619
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$562
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$641
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$501
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$483
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$653
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$398
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$661
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$488
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$641
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$748
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$868
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$544
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$504
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$871
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$873
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$475
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$681
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$789
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$528
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$526
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$618
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$902
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$851
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$523
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$687
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$592
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$634
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$584
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$574
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$651
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$620

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489