Cali vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$287	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	92
😀 Quality of life	50	86
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.75M

The cost of living in Cali is 56% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 6679th and 2624th ($748 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 2nd in Colombia and Italy, respectively. Check Colombia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 6204th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Rome

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	Cali	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201