Bogota vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bogota	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$2065
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2414	$4896
🏠 One person rent	$441	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$771	$2149
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$525
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$3956
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	89	66
😀 Quality of life	66	98
🏙️ Population	8.03M	2.71M

The cost of living in Bogota is 53% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 5761st and 1813th ($976 vs $2065) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 11th in Colombia and Australia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 5073rd and 9th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Brisbane

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	Bogota	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$2.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$1514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$1022
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$866	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$1816
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.7	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.9	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.49%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1958	$8291
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1388	$6020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$32.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$9.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$8.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.26	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$3.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$76.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$325	$1795
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8995	$11423

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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

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736