Medellin vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$408	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$3578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	34
😀 Quality of life	53	80
🏙️ Population	2.53M	543K

The cost of living in Medellin is 54% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 6005th and 1962nd ($906 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1679th in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 6049th and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Tucson

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	Medellin	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262