Cali vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$287	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	72
😀 Quality of life	50	78
🏙️ Population	2.47M	7.01M

The cost of living in Cali is 54% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6679th and 2911th ($748 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th 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 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6204th and 733rd 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	$4.3	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529