Grocery Prices in Linköping (2026)

Here's the surprising part: Linköping has a cost index of 102 — 1 points above the Sweden national average of 101. Median income is 378 000 kr with rent at 8 700 kr/month, putting the rent-to-income ratio at 28%. Financially, that's significant.

Here's where it gets complicated: looking at Östergötland as a whole, the spread across all 24 cities is 2 points on the cost index. Visby sits at the other end with index 100 and rent of 8 200 kr/mo. That's a difference you notice every single month.

On quality of life, Linköping scores a composite score of 71/100 — reflecting its safety (75), healthcare (80), and walkability (78) metrics. Pair that with the housing data, and the pattern sharpens. affordability and QoL don't always move in the same direction, and Sweden is a good example of that tension.