Cali vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$287	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$1146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	45	70
😀 Quality of life	50	68
🏙️ Population	2.47M	12.7M

The cost of living in Cali is 14% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6679th and 6198th ($748 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 18th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 6204th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Suzhou

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	Cali	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$17431

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613