Cost of Living in Bogota

Summary of cost of living in Bogota, Colombia:

Restaurants
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Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant 15,000.00 Col$ 11,000.00-30,000.00
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course 90,000.00 Col$ 63,000.00-160,000.00
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) 25,000.00 Col$ 21,950.00-26,000.00
Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) 4,500.00 Col$ 3,000.00-9,900.00
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) 9,000.00 Col$ 6,500.00-15,000.00
Cappuccino (regular) 5,544.07 Col$ 3,000.00-8,000.00
Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) 2,915.10 Col$ 2,300.00-4,000.00
Water (12 oz small bottle) 2,327.19 Col$ 2,000.00-4,000.00
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Milk (regular), (1 gallon) 16,838.18 Col$ 11,356.24-22,712.48
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) 4,505.54 Col$ 2,721.56-7,257.49
Rice (white), (1 lb) 2,009.68 Col$ 1,360.78-3,000.00
Eggs (regular) (12) 7,894.53 Col$ 6,000.00-10,800.00
Local Cheese (1 lb) 9,717.89 Col$ 4,535.93-18,143.72
Chicken Fillets (1 lb) 8,286.82 Col$ 4,535.93-11,793.42
Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) 13,382.60 Col$ 6,803.89-18,143.72
Apples (1 lb) 4,231.18 Col$ 1,700.00-6,985.33
Banana (1 lb) 1,818.77 Col$ 907.19-4,082.34
Oranges (1 lb) 2,215.21 Col$ 907.19-5,443.11
Tomato (1 lb) 2,293.19 Col$ 680.39-3,628.74
Potato (1 lb) 1,783.01 Col$ 680.39-3,175.15
Onion (1 lb) 1,635.38 Col$ 544.31-2,993.71
Lettuce (1 head) 2,923.09 Col$ 1,500.00-4,500.00
Water (1.5 liter bottle) 2,826.40 Col$ 1,500.00-4,900.00
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) 40,000.00 Col$ 20,000.00-65,000.00
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) 3,900.10 Col$ 2,500.00-5,000.00
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) 7,032.68 Col$ 5,000.00-12,000.00
Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) 8,800.00 Col$ 6,000.00-10,500.00
Transportation
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One-way Ticket (Local Transport) 2,950.00 Col$ 2,650.00-3,000.00
Monthly Pass (Regular Price) 141,000.00 Col$ 104,000.00-173,913.04
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) 5,000.00 Col$ 4,500.00-8,000.00
Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) 10,251.52 Col$ 8,046.72-16,093.44
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) 25,000.00 Col$ 15,000.00-35,000.00
Gasoline (1 gallon) 9,857.18 Col$ 9,054.00-11,545.51
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) 62,000,000.00 Col$ 55,000,000.00-75,000,000.00
Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) 85,559,090.91 Col$ 70,000,000.00-100,000,000.00
Utilities (Monthly)
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Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment 327,346.02 Col$ 200,000.00-500,000.00
1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) 262.88 Col$ 100.00-500.00
Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) 91,613.20 Col$ 70,000.00-150,000.00
Sports And Leisure
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Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult 86,131.48 Col$ 50,000.00-150,000.00
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) 36,305.36 Col$ 22,191.13-50,000.00
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat 18,000.00 Col$ 12,000.00-25,000.00
Childcare
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Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child 838,136.36 Col$ 400,000.00-1,500,000.00
International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child 23,314,285.71 Col$ 10,200,000.00-36,000,000.00
Clothing And Shoes
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1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) 210,265.08 Col$ 100,000.00-350,000.00
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) 145,643.06 Col$ 60,000.00-300,000.00
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) 337,516.81 Col$ 200,000.00-500,000.00
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes 278,988.82 Col$ 160,000.00-400,000.00
Rent Per Month
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Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre 1,508,881.36 Col$ 1,100,000.00-2,500,000.00
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre 1,151,315.79 Col$ 750,000.00-2,000,000.00
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre 2,932,890.41 Col$ 2,000,000.00-5,000,000.00
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre 2,174,527.58 Col$ 1,500,000.00-3,500,000.00
Buy Apartment Price
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Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre 653,470.51 Col$ 464,511.33-836,120.40
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre 505,137.90 Col$ 390,189.52-650,315.87
Salaries And Financing
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Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) 1,482,259.63 Col$
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate 12.00 9.00-17.00

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Last update: May 2023
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27 Comments so far
Jay on Apr 03, 2023:
15.4M peso salary is about 12M after tax I believe. This will be more than enough for a single person in Bogota.
Hawkeye on Mar 29, 2023:
You are not even close on your estimate. We live in Villa De Leyva and average 10,000,000 preso per month for two people
Anonymous on Mar 17, 2023:
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.
Anonymous on Mar 17, 2023:
what is the 1 BHK apartment rent price in Bogota city center.
Kam on Feb 25, 2023:
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.
Anonymous on Oct 25, 2022:
Current exchange rate $1 USD =4,990 pesos as of October 25, 2022.Most likely it'll be $1 usd= 5,000 pesos by Monday.Gentelmen start your engines Colombians are desperate everything is on sale including puddy at big discounted rates.Get 2 women for 20,000 pesos but that's also negotiable.
Anonymous on Jul 16, 2022:
$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.
Anonymous on Mar 21, 2022:
"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."

Where do you live? Rural Usme? dude you will see the sidewalk being above traffic everywhere, from high end Chapinero, to the bad neighborhoods of Bosa (for somebody that doesn't live in Bogota or does not want to go far away into the city, you can look at google street view abd see for yourself). BTW, if where you live is not like that (unless, you know, you live in a rural area), you can complain to the local mayor (or here https://bogota.gov.co/sdqs/). Finally, can you post the news articles of people being overrun in the curb of a corner? if it is so frequent, it surely has a news article or two.
Anonymous on Mar 21, 2022:
"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)
Anonymous on Jan 30, 2022:
Bogota like all of Colombia has always been a wreckless,country full of poverty.Some of the most ignorant people I've ever met uneducated and unworthy of existence infadels.

Ismael/ Bagdad
Anonymous on Nov 28, 2021:
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.
Anonymous on Nov 21, 2021:
"Could one live comfortably with a salary of 4.500.000 pesos?"

"Yes. Starting at ~2'500.000 for a single person you don't worry about money."

Hell no! That depends on your standard of life. You could do just fine and live with $2.5M but will most likely be living in a subpar neighborhood or not be able to afford any activities.
Anonymous on Nov 19, 2021:
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.
Anonymous on Sep 23, 2021:
"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 and react (cuz top speed in the city is super low, specially with the potholes you find everywhere), 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? For starters, in 27 years living here I haven't seen it happen. The sidewalk is generally 10-20 cm above the ground, and again, not a city that can be proud of the cars' top speed, so you will have plenty of time to react
Anonymous on Sep 23, 2021:
"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
Anonymous on Sep 23, 2021:
"Could one live comfortably with a salary of 4.500.000 pesos?"

Yes. Starting at ~2'500.000 for a single person you don't worry about money.
Anonymous on Apr 17, 2021:
Could one live comfortably with a salary of 4.500.000 pesos?
Anonymous on Feb 19, 2021:
Bogota has never been safe homicides are the daily norm. Just crossing the street can be lethal. Bogota isn't handicap friendly something to remember if you have a disability.Never depend upon red lights nobody stops. 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.
Anonymous on Dec 19, 2020:
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.
Jose on Mar 21, 2020:
In general I Agree.
However on "Rent per Month" specifically for international student could be too much cheaper if you shared your aparment in outside of centre since 450000 Cop
Anonymas on May 30, 2019:
What about 3500000 cop for monthly expenses including rent.
Is it possible to live a decent life there in this much amount.
Anonymous on May 29, 2019:
Current exchange rate USD to Cop is 3,378.55 pesos.It's obvious the Colombian government misses the $550 million USD the U S gave them for so many years for drug iradification that Colombia never had to pay back.But those days are over the U S doesn't send one penny anymore nor will they either.Colombia reniged on their promise to iradicate drugs but instead speeded up drug cultivation.Colombians can forget about visiting the U S too especially since a big visa wall is being built.SIX PESOS TO THE DOLLAR BY AUGUST 2019 will become a reality in Colombia, rest assured.
Anonymous on May 28, 2019:
None of these prices are correct since the peso is losing value.
The Swiss on May 28, 2019:
Answer to #mish.mish:
With this salary you are absolutely ok as single.
It gives 3 different salaries-systems: All with basic under 13 SMMLV ($10,765,507) are CONTRATO LABORAL SALARIO BASICO. All over 13 SMMLV ($10,765,508) are CONTRATO LABORAL SALARIO INTEGRAL. The third is PRESTACION DE SERVICIOS.
If your salary basic is $9,418,856, then you must have CONTRATO LABORAL SALARIO BASICO or PRESTACION DE SERVICIOS, but I think it will be first.
With $9,418,856 and Salario basico you get net after tax $7,799,234. If you buy Supplementary or extended health insurance to your basic you must pay approx. $512,831 monthly. What means your real net salary after tax will be $7,286,403. Now monthly for Apartment 40-50m2 furnished 1 bedroom $2,150,000 (unfurnished $1,550,000), If you buy furniture for 1 bedroom apartment it will be approx. 21 millions for all (incl. tv, pc, washing maschine and dryer, etc.), Utilities (Water, Electricity) $273,000 , maybe Tenant insurance $90,000 , Internet/TV/Phone/Mobilphone $366,905 , Public transport 3 rides with change every day (per month $234,000), Meals at normal restaurant $290,000 , Breakfast and Dinner at home which you do cooking $220,000 ,Fitnesscenter $120,000. Now if you subtract all this you will have $3,539,498. The following things have to be subtracted from $3,539,498: Tobaco, Leisure, Gifts, Clothes, Corporal hygiene, Home hygiene, Appliances&Home utensils, Others such as Public bathroom or prints, Official documents such as certificates and others, Travels. That's all. Kind regards

P.S.: We are owner of a nice 1-bedroom apartment (47m2) furnished near Ecopetrol at 9th floor. Actually it is occupated, but they will go after October. The lease is $1,250,000 for 2019 and minimum duration 6-months lease.
Anonymous on May 28, 2019:
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!)
Anonymous on May 13, 2019:
Current exchange rate is 3,295 pesos to $1 USD.Great news for expats bad news for Colombians.Trumps squeezing Colombia harder since the Colombian government hasn't curbed it's cocaine distribution.The U S government gives Colombia 450 million per year that's gone now annually.The U S isn't buying anything else from Colombia.The peso should hit 6,000 cop to $1 USD by August. " GO TRUMP "
Anonymous on May 01, 2019:
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.