Cali vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cali	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2137	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$330	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$381
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	47	57
😀 Quality of life	62	63
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.42M

The cost of living in Cali is 4% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6549th and 6337th ($850 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 10th in Colombia and Brazil, respectively. Check Colombia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Cali compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 5632nd and 5445th 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	$5.09	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.16	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$346	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$639	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.8	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.5	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.49%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$904	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.83	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.8	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.15	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.54	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.7	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6818	$15139

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751