Cost of Living Guide

City comparison

Cost of living in Medellín vs Tbilisi

One person needs about €968 a month in Medellín and €884 in Tbilisi, rent included — Tbilisi is 9% cheaper overall.

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Medellín
Colombia · 2.5M pop
vs
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Tbilisi
Georgia · 1.2M pop
Monthly rent (1BR)
€600€520
13% cheaper
Groceries / mo
€220€190
14% cheaper
Eating out (meal)
€6€8
33% pricier
Internet (100mbps)
€20€20
0% pricier
Avg salary (tech)
€1,300€1,500
15% higher
Coworking / mo
€120€90
25% cheaper
MedellínTbilisi
Rent€600€520
Groceries€220€190
Transport€25€15
Utilities€55€75

Salary you'd need to keep the same lifestyle

Enter your current net monthly pay. We scale it by the full cost basket — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, eating out and internet.

To live in Tbilisi the way you live in Medellín on €3,000, you need

€2,740/ month net

9% less than today (-€260)

Medellín today
Basket €968 · left over €2,032 (68%)
Tbilisi at the matched salary
Basket €884 · left over €1,856 (68%)

Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 170% over in Tbilisi (comfortable) vs 134% in Medellín. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this

🇨🇴 Medellín

Spring weather year-round and the cheapest nomad hub in the Americas.

Monthly budget: €968

Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports

🇬🇪 Tbilisi

One-year visa-free stays and the lowest cost base of any city we track in the region.

Monthly budget: €884

Sources: Geostat, CPI & average wages survey (2025) · 143 community reports

Should you move to Medellín or Tbilisi?

On salary, Tbilisi pays more for tech roles (€1,500 versus €1,300 a month), so the money left over after costs is €616 in Tbilisi at the top end.

Rent drives most of the gap: €600 in Medellín against €520 in Tbilisi. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.

For remote workers, the nomad index scores Medellín at 76 and Tbilisi at 72 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.

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