Cali vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$287	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$854
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	21
😀 Quality of life	50	40
🏙️ Population	2.47M	6.71M

The cost of living in Cali is 17% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 6679th and 6043rd ($748 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 13th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 6204th and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Yancheng

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	Cali	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$22179

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984