Cali vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cali	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$759	$1162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1941	$2700
🏠 One person rent	$279	$534
🏘️ Family rent	$476	$865
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$395	$1020
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	45	49
😀 Quality of life	57	64
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.48M

The cost of living in Cali is 35% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 6830th and 4791st ($759 vs $1162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 14th in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. Check Colombia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Cali ranked 6th best city to live in Colombia vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 6175th and 5343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Zapopan

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	Cali	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.9	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.12	$8.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$192	$367
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$1083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$76
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.52%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1046	$5652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$838	$506
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$2.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.79	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.7	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.4	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$242	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6322	$5862

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$913
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$749
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$717
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$815
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1030
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$873
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$832
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$858
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$901
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$861
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1108
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$753
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$896
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$894
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$846
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$764
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$803
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1184
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$943
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$687
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1166
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$926