Medellin vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Medellin	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$873	$1991
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2221	$4487
🏠 One person rent	$395	$1094
🏘️ Family rent	$782	$1952
🍽️ Food expenses	$264	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$417	$3539
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	67	95
😀 Quality of life	53	96
🏙️ Population	2.53M	985K

The cost of living in Medellin is 56% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 6207th and 1883rd ($873 vs $1991) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Colombia and Sweden, respectively. Check Colombia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 1.8 months in Stockholm. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 6039th and 17th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Stockholm

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	Medellin	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.77	$13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$81.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.82	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$7.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.96	$4.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$1349
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$863
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$864	$2441
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$1592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.7	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.3	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.54%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1473	$10247
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1403	$5552
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43	$98.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$24.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$4.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$2.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.18	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$6.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.89	$2.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$40.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.13	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.3	$24
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$83.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$239	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6129	$7335

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$871
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$789
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$661
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$641
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$619
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$562
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$541
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$501
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$641
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$681
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$483
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$748
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$868
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$477
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$526
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$620
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$851
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$584
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$523
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$718
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$652
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$475
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$733
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$590
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$506
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$582
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$687
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$520
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$552
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$598
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$462
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$617

Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1628
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1730
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1586
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1638
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1637
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1644
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1602
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1604
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1460
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1274
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1338
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1164
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1285
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1463
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1275
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1347
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1209
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1363
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1510
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1593
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1259
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1544
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1415
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1591
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1546
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1417
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1443
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1331
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1151
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1407
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$923
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1571
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1525
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1267
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1468
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1325
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1328