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Sri Lanka is the second most 3ee expensive country in South Asia to live in
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|October 31, 2025
Cost of living for an individual being $506 or Rs. 153,899 excluding rent to live a comfortable life Maldives is considered the most expensive SAARC country to live in comfortably with a cost of $840.4 per person For a family of four living in Colombo, the monthly costs are Rs. 570,997 excluding rent to live comfortably. This includes the cost of childcare, groceries, outings, dining, school fees, house expenses, vehicle expenses etc
Sri Lanka is the second most expensive South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) country to live with cost of living for an individual being $506 or Rs. 153,899 excluding rent to live a comfortable life according to Numbeo, a user-generated cost-ofliving statistics website.
According to the website for a family of four living in the city of Colombo, the monthly costs are Rs. 570,997 excluding rent to live comfortably.
This story is from the October 31, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka.
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