Cali vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$3141
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	86
😀 Quality of life	50	93
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.79M

The cost of living in Cali is 69% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 6679th and 861st ($748 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 4th in Colombia and Canada, respectively. Check Colombia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 6204th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Toronto

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	Cali	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095