Guadalajara vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guadalajara	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1017	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2509	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$480	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$652	$3371
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	49	95
😀 Quality of life	57	95
🏙️ Population	1.46M	985K

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 50% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 5385th and 1732nd ($1017 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1st in Mexico and Sweden, respectively. Check Mexico vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 5625th and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Guadalajara vs Stockholm infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/guadalajara/stockholm.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Guadalajara vs Stockholm infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/guadalajara/stockholm" target="_blank">Guadalajara vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Guadalajara vs Stockholm

Prices for goods and services in Guadalajara and Stockholm are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Guadalajara	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.83	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.35	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$573	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1233	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$791	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2393	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1599	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.6	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.4	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$161	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5853	$5804

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214

Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331