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Skelleftea vs. Sweden Cost of Living Summary

Skelleftea is 8.1% more expensive than Sweden overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.9% more in Skelleftea
Groceries: pay 0.6% less in Skelleftea
Transportation: pay 5.8% less in Skelleftea
Housing: pay 14.5% more in Skelleftea
Childcare: pay 18.9% more in Skelleftea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 32.7% more in Skelleftea
Clothing: pay 6.8% less in Skelleftea

The cost of entertainment and sports, childcare, housing, and restaurants in Skelleftea are more expensive than in Sweden. Expenses including clothing, transportation, and groceries are lower in Skelleftea.

Skelleftea vs. Sweden Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Skelleftea instead of Sweden, you would:

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pay 3.9% more for restaurants

	Sweden	Skelleftea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$14.38 SEK135.86	$14.72 SEK139.07	+2.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.04 SEK104.36	$13.50 SEK127.57	+22.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.58 SEK24.43	$2.56 SEK24.18	-1.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.22 SEK20.96	$2.04 SEK19.26	-8.1%
Average			+3.9%

Sweden vs. Skelleftea - Cost of restaurants

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pay 0.6% less for groceries

	Sweden	Skelleftea
Bread 1 loaf	$2.88 SEK27.20	$2.70 SEK25.51	-6.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.00 SEK56.72	$5.88 SEK55.53	-2.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.33 SEK59.85	$6.31 SEK59.65	-0.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.34 SEK41.01	$4.88 SEK46.07	+12.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.57 SEK52.62	$5.25 SEK49.58	-5.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.41 SEK13.35	$1.20 SEK11.35	-15.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.21 SEK11.44	$1.17 SEK11.04	-3.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.36 SEK12.85	$1.50 SEK14.22	+10.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.97 SEK18.66	$1.68 SEK15.88	-14.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.80 SEK7.55	$1.00 SEK9.42	+24.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.79 SEK7.49	$0.74 SEK6.96	-7.1%
Average			-0.6%

Sweden vs. Skelleftea - Cost of groceries

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pay 5.8% less for transportation

	Sweden	Skelleftea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.32 SEK69.19	$7.30 SEK69.02	-0.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$81.92 SEK774.19	$55.05 SEK520.28	-32.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,594.19 SEK298,596.70	$32,712.43 SEK309,165.13	+3.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$24.67 SEK233.17	$26.20 SEK247.63	+6.2%
Average			-5.8%

Sweden vs. Skelleftea - Cost of transportation

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pay 14.5% more for housing

	Sweden	Skelleftea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.43 SEK353.72	$28.20 SEK266.48	-24.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$936.32 SEK8,849.16	$1,217.45 SEK11,506.15	+30.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$720.46 SEK6,809.11	$845.86 SEK7,994.27	+17.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$97.92 SEK925.40	$132.36 SEK1,250.96	+35.2%
Average			+14.5%

Sweden vs. Skelleftea - Cost of housing

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pay 18.9% more for childcare

	Sweden	Skelleftea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$155.59 SEK1,470.47	$149.98 SEK1,417.42	-3.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,116.05 SEK38,900.77	$5,822.60 SEK55,029.39	+41.5%
Average			+18.9%

Sweden vs. Skelleftea - Cost of childcare

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pay 32.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Sweden	Skelleftea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.74 SEK73.17	$8.47 SEK80.04	+9.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.56 SEK43.10	$4.75 SEK44.86	+4.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$7.64 SEK72.24	$7.30 SEK69.04	-4.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.09 SEK416.68	$113.81 SEK1,075.57	+158.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$16.46 SEK155.54	$15.88 SEK150.08	-3.5%
Average			+32.7%

Sweden vs. Skelleftea - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 6.8% less for clothing

	Sweden	Skelleftea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$94.86 SEK896.55	$98.81 SEK933.83	+4.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.53 SEK401.90	$34.37 SEK324.84	-19.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$106.79 SEK1,009.30	$84.69 SEK800.43	-20.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$151.29 SEK1,429.84	$164.09 SEK1,550.83	+8.5%
Average			-6.8%

Sweden vs. Skelleftea - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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