Arlington vs Bogota - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Bogota
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$771
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$283
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$424
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	89
😀 Quality of life	77	66
🏙️ Population	394K	8.03M

The cost of living in Arlington is 90% more expensive than in Bogota. Cities ranked 2476th and 5761st ($1856 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st 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 405th best city to live in the United States vs Bogota ranked 1st in Colombia, while ranked 1375th and 5073rd 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	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$7.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$478
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$866
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$85.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	12.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$1958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1388
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$42.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$6.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$5.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$28.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$4.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$60.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$325
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$8995

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Bogota

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Soacha	$848
39 km or 24 mi	Facatativa	$722
46 km or 29 mi	Zipaquira	$762
72 km or 44 mi	Villavicencio	$546
88 km or 55 mi	Girardot	$515
127 km or 79 mi	Ibague	$506
130 km or 81 mi	Tunja	$637
165 km or 102 mi	Manizales	$678
166 km or 103 mi	Salento	$655
176 km or 109 mi	Sogamoso	$581
177 km or 110 mi	Duitama	$960
178 km or 110 mi	Armenia	$667
181 km or 113 mi	Pereira	$730
202 km or 126 mi	Yopal	$777
205 km or 127 mi	Cartago	$679
231 km or 144 mi	Neiva	$565
241 km or 150 mi	Envigado	$950
243 km or 151 mi	Tulua	$511
246 km or 153 mi	Medellin	$1030
252 km or 157 mi	Bello	$881
274 km or 170 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
274 km or 170 mi	Palmira	$693
294 km or 182 mi	Floridablanca	$686
298 km or 185 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
301 km or 187 mi	Cali	$759
311 km or 193 mi	Quibdo	$708
338 km or 210 mi	Buenaventura	$782
371 km or 230 mi	Popayan	$572
375 km or 233 mi	Florencia	$489
392 km or 244 mi	Rubio	$671
399 km or 248 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$673
405 km or 252 mi	Cucuta	$620
405 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$684
411 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$673
412 km or 256 mi	Ocana	$704
454 km or 282 mi	La Grita	$677
458 km or 285 mi	Arauca	$699
472 km or 293 mi	Guasdualito	$690
486 km or 302 mi	Turbo	$721
503 km or 312 mi	Monteria	$663