Cost of Living in Bogota

15.4M peso salary is about 12M after tax I believe. This will be more than enough for a single person in Bogota.

Is it safe for expats to live in Colombia freely? and a 15,400,000.00 peso salary is enough to live for a single with some savings.

The data for Bogota is severely understated. For example, a decent 1br in a nice area is about 2.5M COP and not 1.5M COP. The food prices are about 25% more than what is stated. The rest looks reasonable.

$1 usd = 4,405 cop currently in Colombia. It's obvious Colombia is headed towards Venezuela and Argentina economies,a good thing.
Broke broken and broker.

"Could one live comfortably with a salary of 4.500.000 pesos?"

Sure, you can live in Chicó (top Bogotá neighborhood) with 3.5 M (including utilities and food,and it will be a furnished apt) and will have the rest for additional activities ( a weekend trip to a colombian city os around 0.5M, and for partying you are fine with half that). now if by "comfortably" you mean travelling very often to distant places, or very high end partying/activities. you will need 15M-20M (cost of flying is expensive)

This site is a joke no honest information about actual cost of living but instead a rant platform. But that's not surprising since the creator of numbeo is Bosnian,another brain dead rogue.

Obviously you've never lived in Bogota like I have especially since I'm from Bogota and still here. The part about the sidewalk being 10cm to 20cm above the street is a lie because it's street level throughout 95% of the city. The other 5% is around government buildings only.People get run over often standing too close to the curb on a corner in Bogota I've personally seen it. But that normally happens to foreigners and rarely locals.

"Bogota has never been safe homicides are the daily norm" there's homicides everyday, yes, but have you seen New Orleans' homicide rate per year? "Just crossing the street can be lethal" everywhere it can be... "Bogota isn't handicap friendly something to remember if you have a disability." This is true "Never depend upon red lights nobody stops" Bullshit, there are some idiots that don't, of course, but out of 100 crossings, you will find them in 1, and you can see them doing it, so it isn't as if you can't stop. "Never stand close to the curb on a corner either people cut the corners with their vehicles and many have been run over be safe." This is possible, but how probable? The sidewalk is.benera

Could one live comfortably with a salary of 4.500.000 pesos?

I wouldn't recommend renting anything in Bogota until things get somewhat back to normal for this reason.Even though I have a one year lease on my apartment the Colombia government gave landlords the green light to increase rents by 30% more as mine did even though i still have 8 months left on my lease,beware.

What about 3500000 cop for monthly expenses including rent.
Is it possible to live a decent life there in this much amount.

None of these prices are correct since the peso is losing value.

I was sendig to you the actual prices. Here some prices where this table have to much difference with the reality. Following the real prices for normal quality how we do know it in Switzerland/Canada, etc.:
*RESTAURANT:Capuchino $5,500 - *MARKETS: Loaf of Fresh White Bread $4,000 - Rice $4,200 - 30 Eggs $9,050 - 1Kg Local Cheese $16,600 -1Kg Chicken Breasts $7,600 - 1Kg Beef Round $18,000 - 1Kg Apples $5,750 - 1Kg Banana $1,830 - 1Kg Orange $1,450 - 1Kg Tomato $2,800 - 1Kg Potato $1,920 - 1Kg Onion $2,727 (red one $5,450) - 1 head Lettuce $1,600 - Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) $60,000 - Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) $8,000 - *TRANSPORTATION: Monthly Pass (Regular Price) don't exist, but I pay monthly for all singleways $245,000 - Taxi Start $4,400 - Taxi 1Km $881 - 1L Gasoline $3,551 - New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline $70,000,000 - New Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort $80,000,000 - New Renault KWID Zen $33,000,000 - *UTILITIES:1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local $120 - Internet $164,900 - *SPORTS AD LEISURE: Tennis Court Rent $15,000 - Cinema $18,000 - Club/Disco entry $30,000 to 80,000 - Concert $150,000 ... - *CHILDCARE: Preschool monthly $2,200,000 - International Primary School 1 year $24,000,000 (by Kindergarden and School you must be carefull. If you want quality, quality humans, no drugs at School, then you must pay this. - *CLOTHING AND SHOES: If you want orignal 1 Pair of Jeans Levis 501 $214,900 - 1 Summer Dress Zara $239,000 In Bogota you can buy cheap and quality at ALMACENES ONLY or in the CityCenter (be VEEERY carefull in the CityCenter, dont take mobilphone and much money with you!) - *RENT PER MONTH: First of all, no one idiot goes to lease in CityCenter. Search apartments in LOCATION CHAPINERO EAST between Carrera 4 and 13 or LOCATION USAQUEN between Calle 100 to 134 and Carrera 4 to 19 (fincaraiz.com.co) - Apartment 1 bethroom $1,400,000 - Apartment 2to3 bethroom $1,800,000 to $2,400,000 - *BUY APARTMENT PRICE: Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre $5,181,818 - Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre (CHAPINERO $4,768,000 - CHAPINERO ALTO 5,999,390) - *SALARIES: Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) $1,293,032 (The most people talk that they have the minimum, but the true is that they have more and do not pay tax! It's unbeliveble but true!) - Comments to Bogota and population: After 10 years here i can say one: Be carefull here, don't trust no one Colombian (do it only if he's from a famaly of higher income minimum 5 millions monthly), here they lie all the time specially if they see you are foreigner, here they search all the time to cheat and steel, it gives no one day where you walk 500meters without to smell marihuana in the air, and this where i live in one of the best quarter! The poor are more brutal. You must be very carefull in situations where anothers offend you (ignore only and walk your way, because colombians are specialist to offend/provocate but they are strengh only with weapons and they like to use them!)

Prices are over the top expensive, especially in Bogota, tourists normally don't scrutinise prices because they expect to pay more while on vacation.I lived in Bogota for 13 years as a retired expat, but left in February due to rapidly rising cost of living.Bogota will be the most expensive city in Colombia hands down, but that's to be expected especially since there's a large population of expats living there.Medellin is on the same level cost wise,also, however Medellin is the most modern city in Colombia,hands down.My advice skip Colombia all together if retiring because 8 or so years ago it was affordable to retire there,or don't visit Colombia at all due to danger not only for tourists but for locals too.Costs and safety we're the only reasons I left Colombia even though I lived in a very nice area it didn't matter.Prices here should be atleast,30% more overall.