Bogota vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$388	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$754
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	89	95
😀 Quality of life	60	70
🏙️ Population	8.03M	9.5M

The cost of living in Bogota is 45% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 6104th and 7543rd ($887 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 199th 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 1.2 months in Foshan. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 5261st and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Foshan

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	Bogota	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$18096

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642