Cali vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$6742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	80
😀 Quality of life	50	91
🏙️ Population	2.47M	737K

The cost of living in Cali is 75% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 6679th and 158th ($748 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 140th 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 0.5 months in Cali compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Seattle

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	Cali	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093