Cali vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$287	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	45	56
😀 Quality of life	50	57
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.42M

The cost of living in Cali is 6% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6679th and 6861st ($748 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 25th 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 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 6204th and 5641st 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	$4.3	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677