Cost of Living in Borlänge, Sweden

This page summarises typical cost of living in Borlänge, Sweden, expressed in SEK. A single person can expect to budget around 20,000 SEK per month before rent-driven variation, with an affordability score of 49/100 (higher means more affordable). On that scale Borlänge is relatively expensive relative to other cities in the dataset. These are deterministic planning estimates derived from a country cost baseline adjusted for the city's affordability and size — they are not live market prices, not a ranking, and should be verified against current local sources before relocation or travel decisions.

Currency: SEK. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16.

Borlänge has an affordability score of 49/100, which places it in the relatively expensive range relative to other indexed cities. Because every city profile uses the same scale, this score is the most reliable cross-city comparison — local-currency totals above are not directly comparable between countries.

In Borlänge a single-person monthly budget is around 20,000 SEK and a one-bedroom rent around 10,700 SEK. Use the affordability score (49/100) to compare across countries, since amounts are shown in each city's local currency.