Bogota vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bogota	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$2079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2414	$4683
🏠 One person rent	$441	$1191
🏘️ Family rent	$771	$1928
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$572
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$2977
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	89	53
😀 Quality of life	66	91
🏙️ Population	8.03M	1.31M

The cost of living in Bogota is 53% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 5761st and 1781st ($976 vs $2079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 27th in Colombia and Canada, respectively. Check Colombia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.4 months in Calgary. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Calgary ranked 15th in Canada, while ranked 5073rd and 160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Calgary

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	Bogota	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$1190
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$957
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$866	$2105
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$1560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.7	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.9	$55.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.49%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1958	$3658
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1388	$3126
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$84.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$2.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.26	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$5.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$91.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$58
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$325	$796
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8995	$15727

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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 Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887