Arlington vs Bogota - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Bogota
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$2258
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$388
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$728
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$379
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	89
😀 Quality of life	73	60
🏙️ Population	394K	8.03M

The cost of living in Arlington is 112% more expensive than in Bogota. Cities ranked 2153rd and 6104th ($1883 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 4th in the United States and Colombia, respectively. Check the United States vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.4 months in Bogota. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Bogota ranked 1st in Colombia, while ranked 1499th and 5261st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Bogota

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	Arlington	Bogota
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$6.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$7.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$429
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$784
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$50.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$77.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$23.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	13.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$1877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$1355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$40.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$7.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$24.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$27.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$56.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$94.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$8398

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Bogota

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Soacha	$794
39 km or 24 mi	Facatativa	$674
46 km or 29 mi	Zipaquira	$709
72 km or 44 mi	Villavicencio	$497
88 km or 55 mi	Girardot	$493
127 km or 79 mi	Ibague	$529
130 km or 81 mi	Tunja	$563
165 km or 102 mi	Manizales	$653
166 km or 103 mi	Salento	$605
176 km or 109 mi	Sogamoso	$534
177 km or 110 mi	Duitama	$882
178 km or 110 mi	Armenia	$598
181 km or 113 mi	Pereira	$680
202 km or 126 mi	Yopal	$722
205 km or 127 mi	Cartago	$649
231 km or 144 mi	Neiva	$557
241 km or 150 mi	Envigado	$897
243 km or 151 mi	Tulua	$513
246 km or 153 mi	Medellin	$906
252 km or 157 mi	Bello	$839
274 km or 170 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
274 km or 170 mi	Palmira	$666
294 km or 182 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
301 km or 187 mi	Cali	$748
311 km or 193 mi	Quibdo	$705
338 km or 210 mi	Buenaventura	$742
371 km or 230 mi	Popayan	$477
375 km or 233 mi	Florencia	$410
392 km or 244 mi	Rubio	$599
399 km or 248 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Cucuta	$562
405 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
411 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
412 km or 256 mi	Ocana	$650
454 km or 282 mi	La Grita	$618
458 km or 285 mi	Arauca	$649
472 km or 293 mi	Guasdualito	$665
486 km or 302 mi	Turbo	$664
503 km or 312 mi	Monteria	$645