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Colombia vs. Tunisia Cost of Living Summary

Colombia is 75.8% more expensive than Tunisia overall.

Restaurants: pay 66.0% more in Colombia
Groceries: pay 87.3% more in Colombia
Transportation: pay 2.6 times more in Colombia
Housing: pay 65.7% more in Colombia
Childcare: pay 2.3 times more in Colombia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.7% more in Colombia
Clothing: pay 14.0% more in Colombia

The cost of transportation, childcare, groceries, restaurants, housing, and clothing in Colombia are more expensive than in Tunisia. Notably, transportation, childcare, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Colombia.

Colombia vs. Tunisia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Colombia instead of Tunisia, you would:

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pay 66.0% more for restaurants

	Tunisia	Colombia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.40 TND10.000	$4.36 COP16,288.52	+28.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.85 TND14.260	$7.74 COP28,896.54	+59.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 TND1.910	$0.88 COP3,292.66	+36.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.26 TND0.760	$0.62 COP2,318.65	+140.2%
Average			+66.0%

Tunisia vs. Colombia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 87.3% more for groceries

	Tunisia	Colombia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.18 TND0.530	$1.36 COP5,068.74	+651.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.46 TND16.060	$2.49 COP9,296.82	-54.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$1.88 TND5.540	$4.35 COP16,249.26	+131.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.63 TND4.790	$2.23 COP8,319.47	+36.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.53 TND7.450	$2.47 COP9,207.70	-2.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.90 TND2.640	$1.21 COP4,507.99	+34.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.42 TND4.180	$0.52 COP1,935.88	-63.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48 TND1.420	$0.62 COP2,298.97	+27.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.32 TND0.940	$0.53 COP1,985.88	+66.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 TND0.960	$0.52 COP1,947.85	+60.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.29 TND0.860	$0.50 COP1,886.12	+73.0%
Average			+87.3%

Tunisia vs. Colombia - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.6 times more for transportation

	Tunisia	Colombia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.21 TND9.430	$3.91 COP14,594.01	+21.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.45 TND30.760	$33.68 COP125,802.06	+222.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$38,990.39 TND114,730.620	$18,639.00 COP69,616,040.01	-52.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.97 TND8.730	$16.37 COP61,139.55	+451.8%
Average			+160.9%

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pay 65.7% more for housing

	Tunisia	Colombia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.74 TND52.190	$23.34 COP87,183.25	+31.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$205.53 TND604.780	$313.67 COP1,171,552.83	+52.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$139.80 TND411.370	$251.62 COP939,805.47	+80.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.08 TND109.100	$73.60 COP274,900.38	+98.5%
Average			+65.7%

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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

	Tunisia	Colombia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$91.27 TND268.550	$234.03 COP874,092.15	+156.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,766.14 TND8,139.460	$5,761.13 COP21,517,631.78	+108.3%
Average			+132.3%

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pay 4.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Tunisia	Colombia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.44 TND4.230	$1.20 COP4,491.76	-16.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.81 TND2.380	$1.59 COP5,956.32	+97.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.53 TND10.390	$2.56 COP9,556.21	-27.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$28.29 TND83.230	$25.07 COP93,650.79	-11.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.06 TND14.890	$4.12 COP15,392.12	-18.6%
Average			+4.7%

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pay 14.0% more for clothing

	Tunisia	Colombia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$40.73 TND119.860	$61.30 COP228,961.50	+50.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$49.43 TND145.440	$40.34 COP150,673.34	-18.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.37 TND274.740	$95.01 COP354,859.55	+1.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$66.59 TND195.950	$81.28 COP303,568.15	+22.1%
Average			+14.0%

Tunisia vs. Colombia - 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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