Bogota vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$388	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$2953
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	89	65
😀 Quality of life	60	88
🏙️ Population	8.03M	566K

The cost of living in Bogota is 37% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 6104th and 3862nd ($887 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 512th in Colombia and Germany, respectively. Check Colombia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 5261st and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Dresden

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	Bogota	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$13167

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419