San Jose, Costa Rica vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	San Jose	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1324	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$606	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$1094	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$499	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$78	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$990	$3371
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	60	95
😀 Quality of life	66	95
🏙️ Population	342K	985K

The cost of living in San Jose, Costa Rica is 35% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 4143rd and 1732nd ($1324 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Costa Rica and Sweden, respectively. Check Costa Rica vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in San Jose, Costa Rica compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. San Jose, Costa Rica ranked 1st best city to live in Costa Rica vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 4085th and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in San Jose, Costa Rica 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/san-jose-cr/stockholm.jpg" alt="Cost of living in San Jose, Costa Rica vs Stockholm infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/san-jose-cr/stockholm" target="_blank">San Jose, Costa Rica vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in San Jose, Costa Rica vs Stockholm

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

	San Jose	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.2	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$4.5	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$874	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.2	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.31%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2883	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1718	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.17	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.13	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.22	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.77	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.08	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.3	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.8	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$601	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12527	$5804

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near San Jose, Costa Rica

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Heredia	$1296
17 km or 11 mi	Alajuela	$1269
20 km or 12 mi	Cartago	$1024
82 km or 51 mi	Puntarenas	$801
115 km or 72 mi	Limon	$1225
124 km or 77 mi	Santa Teresa	$1213
167 km or 104 mi	Liberia	$932
197 km or 122 mi	Tamarindo	$1710
244 km or 151 mi	San Juan del Sur	$839
246 km or 153 mi	David	$890
279 km or 173 mi	Juigalpa	$666
302 km or 188 mi	Granada	$701
316 km or 196 mi	Masaya	$710
343 km or 213 mi	Managua	$738
387 km or 241 mi	Matagalpa	$624
398 km or 247 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1089
408 km or 253 mi	Jinotega	$455
413 km or 257 mi	Leon	$632
429 km or 266 mi	Esteli	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Penonome	$1116
447 km or 278 mi	Chinandega	$638
457 km or 284 mi	Chitre	$1117
463 km or 288 mi	Colon	$1172
486 km or 302 mi	La Chorrera	$957
508 km or 316 mi	Balboa	$1328
513 km or 319 mi	Panama City	$1479
524 km or 326 mi	Tocumen	$1310
535 km or 333 mi	Pacora	$1304
574 km or 357 mi	Tegucigalpa	$863
596 km or 370 mi	San Miguel	$1088
609 km or 378 mi	Usulutan	$1083
635 km or 395 mi	Comayagua	$753
666 km or 414 mi	Yoro	$755
696 km or 432 mi	San Salvador	$1204
697 km or 433 mi	Soyapango	$1182
701 km or 435 mi	Mejicanos	$1175
702 km or 436 mi	Apopa	$1160
703 km or 437 mi	Santa Tecla	$1194
713 km or 443 mi	La Ceiba	$626
729 km or 453 mi	El Progreso	$903

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