Cali vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cali	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2137	$6170
🏠 One person rent	$330	$1646
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$2782
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$710
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$4542
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	54
😀 Quality of life	62	87
🏙️ Population	2.47M	525K

The cost of living in Cali is 68% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 6549th and 605th ($850 vs $2682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 533rd in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Cali compared to 1.7 months in Sacramento. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Sacramento ranked 109th in the United States, while ranked 5632nd and 347th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Sacramento

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	Cali	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.09	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.16	$2.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$346	$1781
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$639	$2832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$2335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.8	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.5	$66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.49%	6.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$4948
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$904	$3517
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$3.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$4.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.83	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$4.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$5.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$3.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$4.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$3.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.8	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.15	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.54	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.7	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6818	$20438

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$788
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$856
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$563
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$631
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$606
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$749
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$769
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$749
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$862
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$537
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$559
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$737
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$524
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$802
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$675
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$816
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$958
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$1106
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$694
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$672
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$1041
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$1162
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$593
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$858
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$1012
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$557
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$680
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$613
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$864
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$1045
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$630
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$740
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$592
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$797
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$795
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$516
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$653
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$733

Cities near Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2600
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2631
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2671
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2722
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2793
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2978
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2918
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2768
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2732
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2660
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2911
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2667
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2815
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3204
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2710
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3091
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3318
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2771
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2161
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2980
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2374
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3179
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2962
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3017
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3431
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2804
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2748
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2905
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2393
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2796
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2677
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2668
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2900
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3050
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2088
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2893
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2906
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3873
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2848