  Cost of living: The following list will serve as a guide is preparing your budget (remember that everything is paid for in pesos):
| Pesos | USD | Homestay / month
(including two meals) Average | 700.000 | 250 | | Furnished apartment/ month | 1,800,000 | 815 | | Night in a four-star hotel | 150,000 | 65 | | Food/ month (cooking at home) | 350,000 | 130 | | Washing clothes/ month | 100,000 | 43 | | Metro travel (10 journeys) | 8,100 | 3.50 | | Taxi travel (within the city) aprox | 6,000 | 2.60 | | Bus travel (one journey) | 1,000 | 0.43 | | Travel from airport to city (Taxi) | 35,000 | 15 | | One meal in a restaurant | 50,000 | 22 | | Cinema ticket | 15,000 | 6.40 | | A pair of jeans | 180,000 | 78 | | Return plane ticket to Cartagena | 700,000 | 300 | Living Expenses Comparison:
Estimated Monthly Budget | Country | Currency | Cost of Living | Us Dollar | Germany
| Euro | 700 | 616 | Australia
| Australian Dollar | A$1.200 | 828 | Brasil
| Real | 950 | 322 | Canada
| Canadian Dollar | C$1000 | 714 | Colombia
| Peso | 1,600,000 | 690 | Spain
| Euro | 700 | 616 | France
| Euro | 800 | 708 | Netherlands
| Euro | 650 | 575 | Mexico
| Peso Main Cities
Small cities | $23000
$5000 | 2200
478 | Sweden
| Swedish Krona | SEK 6.500 | 795 | | Switzerland | Swiss Franc | CHF 1000 | 740 | For more information, please visit:
Country Guide: www.eurosur.org/guiadelmundo
Currency converter: www.oanda.com
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