Bogota vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$388	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$165
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	89	83
😀 Quality of life	60	58
🏙️ Population	8.03M	9.61M

The cost of living in Bogota is 113% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 6104th and 8923rd ($887 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Colombia and Egypt, respectively. Check Colombia vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 5261st and 5545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Cairo

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	Bogota	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$1985

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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

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811