Pricele #62: Natural gas (100 kWh) in Colombia 🇨🇴
The puzzle for 31 August 2026 asked what 100 kWh of natural gas costs in Colombia. Here is the answer and the context behind it.
The answer
Natural gas (100 kWh) · Colombia
$8.20
25,628 COP
About 3.1 hours of the average local wage buys 100 kWh of natural gas.
Cheaper than 60% of the 31 countries in the game.
Source: GlobalPetrolPrices.com, December 2025.
About natural gas (100 kWh)
Gas is the one energy price that still depends on geography, because moving it needs either a pipeline or a liquefaction plant at one end and a regasification terminal at the other. A country at the end of a pipe pays something close to the wellhead price; a country buying cargoes on the spot market pays whatever Asia and Europe are bidding that week. The 2022 European price shock, and the year of bills that followed it, was that distinction becoming visible.
Where Colombia sits
Of the 31 countries priced for natural gas (100 kWh), Colombia ranks #19 from the top at $8.20, 16% below the median of $9.80.
Colombian dollar prices move with the peso more than with anything happening in a Colombian shop, so read the figures here as a snapshot of an exchange rate as much as of a market. Coffee is the obvious exception: Colombia grows it, and it is priced accordingly. Fuel is the story of the last few years. Petrol and diesel were held below cost for a decade through the FEPC stabilisation fund, and the unwinding of that subsidy from 2022 raised pump prices sharply, which is why Colombia no longer looks like a cheap-fuel country. IVA is 19% with a long list of exclusions.
| Nearby on the natural gas (100 kWh) table | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | $7.30 | 9,568.7 KRW | 31 min |
| Japan | $7.70 | 1,226 JPY | 29 min |
| Colombia | $8.20 | 25,628 COP | 3.1 h |
| United Kingdom | $8.90 | 6.6 GBP | 30 min |
| Hungary | $9.60 | 3,042.4 HUF | 67 min |
What else costs what in Colombia
| Item | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mac | $6.21 | 22,900 COP | 2.3 h |
| Diesel (1 litre) | $0.95 | 2,980.39 COP | 21 min |
| Electricity (100 kWh) | $27.30 | 85,446.2 COP | 10.3 h |
| Cigarettes (20-pack) | $2.09 | 8,534 COP | 47 min |
| Beer (330ml) | $0.71 | 2,900 COP | 16 min |
| Spirits (750ml bottle) | $9.24 | 37,773 COP | 3.5 h |
| Mobile data (1 GB) | $0.20 | — | 5 min |
| A day's healthy diet | $1.96 | 7,952.04 COP | 44 min |
Go deeper
See the full table for natural gas (100 kWh) in every country or everything priced in Colombia.