Cali vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cali	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$759	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1941	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$279	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$476	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$395	$3556
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	45	83
😀 Quality of life	57	93
🏙️ Population	2.47M	633K

The cost of living in Cali is 66% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 6830th and 1455th ($759 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 3rd in Colombia and Germany, respectively. Check Colombia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Cali ranked 6th best city to live in Colombia vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 6175th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Stuttgart

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	Cali	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.9	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.12	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$192	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.52%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1046	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$838	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.79	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.7	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.4	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$242	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6322	$17949

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763