Fort Worth vs Medellin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Fort Worth	Medellin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2173	$867
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5404	$2196
🏠 One person rent	$1279	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$2254	$760
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4439	$412
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	82	67
😀 Quality of life	89	54
🏙️ Population	919K	2.53M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 151% more expensive than in Medellin. Cities ranked 1353rd and 6140th ($2173 vs $867) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1203rd and 3rd in the United States and Colombia, respectively. Check the United States vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Fort Worth compared to 0.5 months in Medellin. Fort Worth ranked 36th best city to live in the United States vs Medellin ranked 2nd in Colombia, while ranked 169th and 5994th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Medellin

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	Fort Worth	Medellin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$5.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.8	$22.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.19	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$5.07	$1.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.3	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1316	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2275	$819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1890	$629
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$69.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.3	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2319	$1728
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2058	$1560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.01	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.9	$45.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.37	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$2.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$5.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$2.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.97	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.04	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.31	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.4	$29.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$4.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.5	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$53.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.7	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1893	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25845	$6416

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2084
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2108
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2099
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2139
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2107
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2059
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1807
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2236
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2053
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2143
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2021
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2017
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2338
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2043
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$1872
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1987
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$1992
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$1982
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2176
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2162
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2113
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$1804
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2306
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2149
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2193
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2157
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2497
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2267
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2119
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2206
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2235
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2200
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2199
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2323
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2516
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2384
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2223

Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$812
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$778
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$727
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$649
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$639
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$639
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$567
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$551
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$525
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$433
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$645
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$416
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$724
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$624
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$883
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$493
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$511
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$633
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$617
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$649
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$612
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$597
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$552
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$648
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$530
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$720
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$612
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$536
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$582
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$594
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$507
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$708
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$595
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$593
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$589
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$592
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$455
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$617