Cali vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cali	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$759	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1941	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$279	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$476	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$395	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	45	73
😀 Quality of life	57	80
🏙️ Population	2.47M	7.01M

The cost of living in Cali is 53% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6830th and 3418th ($759 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th 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 1.5 months in Riyadh. Cali ranked 6th best city to live in Colombia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6175th and 759th 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	$4.9	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.12	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$192	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.52%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1046	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$838	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.79	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.7	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.4	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$242	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6322	$9818

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463