Cali vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cali	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$759	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1941	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$279	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$476	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$395	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	45	56
😀 Quality of life	57	62
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.42M

The cost of living in Cali is 4% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6830th and 6702nd ($759 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 17th in Colombia and Brazil, respectively. Check Colombia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Cali ranked 6th best city to live in Colombia vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 6175th and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Salvador

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	Cali	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.9	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.12	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$192	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.52%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1046	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$838	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.79	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.7	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.4	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$242	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6322	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699