Bogota vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Copenhagen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$2333
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$5412
🏠 One person rent	$388	$1326
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$2372
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$4139
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	89	93
😀 Quality of life	60	97
🏙️ Population	8.03M	644K

The cost of living in Bogota is 62% less expensive than in Copenhagen. Cities ranked 6104th and 1085th ($887 vs $2333) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Colombia and Denmark, respectively. Check Colombia vs Denmark comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.8 months in Copenhagen. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Copenhagen ranked 1st in Denmark, while ranked 5261st and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Copenhagen

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	Bogota	Copenhagen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$102
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$8.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$6.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$3.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$1534
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$1083
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$2847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1988
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$174
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	4.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$7935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$5513
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$3.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$100
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$5.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$9.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$18.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$62.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$38.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$14686

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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 Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452