Arlington vs Bogota - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Bogota
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1062
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2605
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$494
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$304
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$488
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	90
😀 Quality of life	78	65
🏙️ Population	394K	8.03M

The cost of living in Arlington is 80% more expensive than in Bogota. Cities ranked 2397th and 5223rd ($1907 vs $1062) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 3rd 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 0.5 months in Bogota. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Bogota ranked 1st in Colombia, while ranked 894th and 5180th 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	$16	$6.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$8.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$685
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$60.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$92.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	12.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2208
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1513
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$6.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$8.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$5.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$4.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$9014

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Bogota

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Soacha	$919
39 km or 24 mi	Facatativa	$777
46 km or 29 mi	Zipaquira	$813
72 km or 44 mi	Villavicencio	$575
88 km or 55 mi	Girardot	$547
127 km or 79 mi	Ibague	$529
130 km or 81 mi	Tunja	$667
165 km or 102 mi	Manizales	$717
166 km or 103 mi	Salento	$709
176 km or 109 mi	Sogamoso	$614
177 km or 110 mi	Duitama	$1019
178 km or 110 mi	Armenia	$719
181 km or 113 mi	Pereira	$789
202 km or 126 mi	Yopal	$750
205 km or 127 mi	Cartago	$738
231 km or 144 mi	Neiva	$592
241 km or 150 mi	Envigado	$992
243 km or 151 mi	Tulua	$537
246 km or 153 mi	Medellin	$1071
252 km or 157 mi	Bello	$915
274 km or 170 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
274 km or 170 mi	Palmira	$746
294 km or 182 mi	Floridablanca	$744
298 km or 185 mi	Bucaramanga	$754
301 km or 187 mi	Cali	$829
311 km or 193 mi	Quibdo	$757
338 km or 210 mi	Buenaventura	$825
371 km or 230 mi	Popayan	$606
375 km or 233 mi	Florencia	$514
392 km or 244 mi	Rubio	$673
399 km or 248 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$676
405 km or 252 mi	Cucuta	$646
405 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$687
411 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$675
412 km or 256 mi	Ocana	$732
454 km or 282 mi	La Grita	$685
458 km or 285 mi	Arauca	$724
472 km or 293 mi	Guasdualito	$714
486 km or 302 mi	Turbo	$764
503 km or 312 mi	Monteria	$703