{
  "name": "CostCompass cost-of-living prices",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "CostCompass",
    "url": "https://costcompass.net"
  },
  "license": {
    "id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "attribution": "Source: CostCompass (https://costcompass.net)",
  "documentation": "https://costcompass.net/data",
  "methodology": "https://costcompass.net/methodology",
  "generated": "2026-10-14T02:15:39.269Z",
  "observedFrom": "2026-09-16",
  "observedTo": "2026-10-14",
  "currency": "USD",
  "inclusionRule": "A price is included only when every source behind it is a live scraper (API, HTML or browser) and the newest observation is at most 60 days old. Prices backed by a static table, an unidentified source, or — for restaurant and café fields — a food-delivery app are shown on the website but withheld here. A missing price means no qualifying source produced one; nothing is estimated or filled in.",
  "city": {
    "slug": "colombo",
    "name": "Colombo",
    "country": {
      "name": "Sri Lanka",
      "code": "LK",
      "currency": "LKR"
    },
    "region": "Asia",
    "latitude": 6.9271,
    "longitude": 79.8612,
    "page": "https://costcompass.net/living/cities/colombo",
    "data": "https://costcompass.net/data/cities/colombo.json",
    "attribution": "Source: CostCompass, cost of living in Colombo (https://costcompass.net/living/cities/colombo)",
    "citation": "CostCompass (2026). Cost of living in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Data as of 2026-10-14. https://costcompass.net/living/cities/colombo. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.",
    "lastObserved": "2026-10-13"
  },
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      "name": "Chicken Breast (1kg)",
      "category": "food",
      "unit": "item",
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      "maxUSD": 4.1,
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      "lastObserved": "2026-10-13",
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "name": "Fish Fillet (1kg)",
      "category": "food",
      "unit": "item",
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      ]
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