Medellin vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$408	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	66	56
😀 Quality of life	53	57
🏙️ Population	2.53M	2.42M

The cost of living in Medellin is 29% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6005th and 6861st ($906 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 25th in Colombia and Brazil, respectively. Check Colombia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 6049th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Salvador

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	Medellin	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$10392

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677