Cost of Living in Colombo

Summary about cost of living in Colombo:

Four-person family monthly costs: 1,220.24€ (243,641.50Rs) without rent (using our estimator).
A single person monthly costs: 342.81€ (68,447.39Rs) without rent.
Cost of living index in Colombo is 35.69% lower than in Lisbon.
Cost of living rank 377^th out of 452 cities in the world.
Colombo has a cost of living index of 34.54.

Restaurants	[ Edit ]	Range
Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant	1.75 €	1.25-2.50
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course	13.77 €	10.02-22.54
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal)	3.76 €	3.00-5.01
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught)	1.70 €	1.15-2.50
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	2.40 €	1.65-3.26
Cappuccino (regular)	2.08 €	1.50-2.75
Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle)	0.58 €	0.28-1.00
Water (0.33 liter bottle)	0.24 €	0.18-0.50
Markets	[ Edit ]
Milk (regular), (1 liter)	1.05 €	0.88-1.20
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g)	0.38 €	0.30-0.55
Rice (white), (1kg)	0.50 €	0.40-0.65
Eggs (regular) (12)	1.01 €	0.90-1.20
Local Cheese (1kg)	9.19 €	3.51-15.03
Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1kg)	3.46 €	2.50-4.51
Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat)	4.84 €	3.00-7.19
Apples (1kg)	2.46 €	1.85-3.26
Banana (1kg)	0.88 €	0.50-1.44
Oranges (1kg)	1.95 €	1.00-3.26
Tomato (1kg)	1.00 €	0.50-1.50
Potato (1kg)	0.84 €	0.60-1.08
Onion (1kg)	0.77 €	0.50-1.25
Lettuce (1 head)	0.69 €	0.40-1.25
Water (1.5 liter bottle)	0.48 €	0.40-0.75
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range)	11.02 €	6.01-15.03
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle)	1.34 €	0.80-2.00
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	2.14 €	1.25-3.00
Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro)	5.51 €	5.01-6.01
Transportation	[ Edit ]
One-way Ticket (Local Transport)	0.10 €	0.06-0.25
Monthly Pass (Regular Price)	5.01 €	3.00-7.51
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff)	0.30 €	0.25-0.30
Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff)	0.25 €	0.18-0.30
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff)	0.60 €	0.50-1.00
Gasoline (1 liter)	0.72 €	0.64-0.80
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car)	28,797.92 €	20,033.33-37,562.50
Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car)	32,754.50 €	25,041.67-45,075.00
Utilities (Monthly)	[ Edit ]
Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment	34.86 €	17.53-75.12
1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans)	0.01 €	0.01-0.02
Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL)	13.06 €	7.51-25.04
Sports And Leisure	[ Edit ]
Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult	15.87 €	7.51-25.04
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend)	5.38 €	2.50-10.02
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat	3.26 €	2.50-4.01
Childcare	[ Edit ]
Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child	30.07 €	12.52-60.10
International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child	1,001.28 €	450.75-2,404.00
Clothing And Shoes	[ Edit ]
1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar)	24.98 €	12.52-50.08
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...)	17.60 €	10.02-35.06
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range)	47.21 €	25.04-75.12
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes	27.31 €	15.03-42.57
Rent Per Month	[ Edit ]
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	237.20 €	100.17-500.83
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre	109.80 €	50.08-250.42
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre	570.23 €	300.50-1,001.67
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre	253.89 €	125.21-500.83
Buy Apartment Price	[ Edit ]
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre	1,779.40 €	1,001.67-3,234.56
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre	898.70 €	450.75-1,617.28
Salaries And Financing	[ Edit ]
Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax)	229.83 €
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate	14.65	0.06-0.09

Prices in Colombo

These data are based on 2529 entries in the past 18 months from 289 different contributors.
Last update: March 2019

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7 Comments so far

#sam on Feb 14, 2018 :

These figures are debatable, if you are earning foreign currency and wants to go and live in Sri Lanka these figures may be correct, but if you are earning locally and for an working class people and middle class people, these figure are wrong and they feel the hit on their pocket. Also the rich are poor gap in Sri Lanka is very high.

#Priya on Mar 13, 2016 :

I am a Sri Lankan . Prices are almost accurate. I think compared to other countries Sri Lanka is one of cheepest places n the world.

#Hiran on Jan 17, 2016 :

Price for a VW golf car is not 4 million LKR but around 9 million LKR (USD 65,000) or Equivalent New Car e.g. Toyota Corolla. Sri Lanka is one of the most expensive places to own a car.

#Citizen of Sri Lanka on Sep 06, 2015 :

The current cost of the internet facility cannot be correctly measured because our major isp doesn't provide us with unlimited data packages, the one that does which is a wimax based provider, is limited to speed of 4mbps/1mbps at a monthly cost of rs.13500. Most of the people in our country use SLT, which is the only *allowed* isp to give last mile broadband to connect to the internet, they dominate the current market for broadband and the prices are expensive. Since there's no real competition between them and other handful of isp's the prices doesn't currently reflect when compared to the average monthly disposable salary, its a huge situation in our country and most of the people aren't aware of this and pay huge amount of sum to this company. The advertisements only focus on the bandwidth of the connection which is the speed and not the really small amount of data they allocate which they don't directly make an appeal about. The higher tier data plans they provide are hugely expensive to the point it's ridiculous to even look at them as an average consumer.

http://www.slt.lk/en/personal/internet
http://www.lankabell.net/fixed-broadband.htm
http://www.dialog.lk/4g-home-broadband-packages

#prashant aghera on Jun 10, 2015 :

please tell me rate of potato and red onion in Colombo ( sri lanka )

#sira on May 27, 2015 :

I lived in Sri lanka and the statistics are 100% correct.

#Dawn on Apr 02, 2015 :

Can anyone who lives in Colombo Sri Lanka tell me whether there is any support locally for disabled adults.Is there options to have a home help kind of service to assist with preparing meals, household chores? If so where is this help sourced?

Thanks

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