Bogota vs Changchun - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Changchun
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$573
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$1493
🏠 One person rent	$388	$229
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$405
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$59.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$927
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	89	73
😀 Quality of life	60	53
🏙️ Population	8.03M	9.07M

The cost of living in Bogota is 55% more expensive than in Changchun. Cities ranked 6104th and 7971st ($887 vs $573) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 351st in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.6 months in Changchun. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Changchun ranked 47th in China, while ranked 5261st and 6079th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Changchun

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	Bogota	Changchun
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$2.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$16.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$4.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$287
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$36.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	5.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$2608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$3942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$7.01
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$4.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$2.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$8.33
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$2.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$8.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$2.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$66.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$8252

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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 Changchun

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Gongzhuling	$461
81 km or 50 mi	Dehui	$556
105 km or 65 mi	Siping	$524
109 km or 68 mi	Jilin	$553
112 km or 69 mi	Liaoyuan	$516
127 km or 79 mi	Panshi	$517
138 km or 86 mi	Fuyu	$573
143 km or 89 mi	Shuangliao	$509
148 km or 92 mi	Yushu	$582
150 km or 93 mi	Shulan	$558
157 km or 98 mi	Meihekou	$513
162 km or 100 mi	Huadian	$523
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaohe	$544
178 km or 111 mi	Kaiyuan	$514
193 km or 120 mi	Da'an	$545
210 km or 131 mi	Wuchang	$596
211 km or 131 mi	Diaobingshan	$508
211 km or 131 mi	Tieling	$520
235 km or 146 mi	Harbin	$653
238 km or 148 mi	Tongliao	$538
240 km or 149 mi	Baishan	$520
248 km or 154 mi	Zhaodong	$619
250 km or 155 mi	Fushun	$459
250 km or 155 mi	Taonan	$523
251 km or 156 mi	Dunhua	$560
263 km or 163 mi	Shangzhi	$606
267 km or 166 mi	Baicheng	$542
271 km or 169 mi	Linjiang	$500
274 km or 170 mi	Shenyang	$539
279 km or 173 mi	Anda	$596
287 km or 178 mi	Xinmin	$514
300 km or 187 mi	Daqing	$616
313 km or 194 mi	Benxi	$455
315 km or 196 mi	Dengta	$495
319 km or 198 mi	Ji'an	$493
335 km or 208 mi	Suihua	$664
337 km or 209 mi	Liaoyang	$500
343 km or 213 mi	Helong	$537
344 km or 214 mi	Ning'an	$658
345 km or 214 mi	Ulanhot	$532