Cali vs Tulsa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Tulsa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$4437
🏠 One person rent	$287	$1057
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1765
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$72.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$3450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	54
😀 Quality of life	50	85
🏙️ Population	2.47M	413K

The cost of living in Cali is 60% less expensive than in Tulsa. Cities ranked 6679th and 2250th ($748 vs $1851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1871st 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 1.9 months in Tulsa. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Tulsa ranked 97th in the United States, while ranked 6204th and 364th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Tulsa

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	Cali	Tulsa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$59.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$4.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1762
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$66.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	6.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$1849
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$1666
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$3.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$5.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$48.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$98.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$1071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$25283

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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 Tulsa

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
20 km or 12 mi	Bixby	$1874
20 km or 13 mi	Owasso	$1864
21 km or 13 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
36 km or 22 mi	Claremore	$1855
67 km or 41 mi	Muskogee	$1629
69 km or 43 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
102 km or 63 mi	Stillwater	$1748
120 km or 75 mi	Ponca	$1671
126 km or 78 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Shawnee	$1855
146 km or 91 mi	Edmond	$1621
150 km or 93 mi	Midwest	$1861
154 km or 96 mi	Bella Vista	$2114
156 km or 97 mi	Del	$1878
157 km or 97 mi	Bentonville	$2206
160 km or 99 mi	Fayetteville	$1968
161 km or 100 mi	Springdale	$2015
161 km or 100 mi	Oklahoma City	$1832
163 km or 101 mi	Van Buren	$1702
163 km or 101 mi	Rogers	$1785
165 km or 103 mi	Joplin	$1896
166 km or 103 mi	Fort Smith	$1411
167 km or 104 mi	Moore	$1946
168 km or 104 mi	Norman	$1989
177 km or 110 mi	Enid	$1814
178 km or 110 mi	Yukon	$1824
180 km or 112 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
181 km or 112 mi	Mustang	$1862
197 km or 122 mi	Derby	$1846
213 km or 132 mi	Wichita	$1811
242 km or 151 mi	Ardmore	$1865
247 km or 153 mi	Branson	$1578
247 km or 153 mi	Newton	$1730
254 km or 158 mi	Emporia	$1337
256 km or 159 mi	Duncan	$1816
257 km or 159 mi	Nixa	$1689
264 km or 164 mi	Springfield	$1534
270 km or 168 mi	Russellville	$1438
271 km or 168 mi	Denison	$2205