Bogota vs Georgetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bogota	Georgetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$986
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2128	$2953
🏠 One person rent	$387	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$874
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$442
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$77.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	23
😀 Quality of life	59	47
🏙️ Population	7.74M	235K

The cost of living in Bogota is 12% less expensive than in Georgetown. Cities ranked 6226th and 5796th ($868 vs $986) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Colombia and Guyana, respectively. Check Colombia vs Guyana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 0.5 months in Georgetown. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Georgetown ranked 1st in Guyana, while ranked 5388th and 6383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Georgetown

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	Bogota	Georgetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.45	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.9	$55
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.06	$8.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$2.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$432	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$710	$1327
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$528	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$72.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.2	$57.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.44%	7.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1631	$3910
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1278	$1737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$31
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.1	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$3.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$8.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$4.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.09
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.32	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.38	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.4	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.52	$5.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$22.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.97	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.3	$81.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$224	$884
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7593	$23107

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Cities near Bogota

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Soacha	$748
39 km or 24 mi	Facatativa	$641
46 km or 29 mi	Zipaquira	$681
72 km or 44 mi	Villavicencio	$475
88 km or 55 mi	Girardot	$483
127 km or 79 mi	Ibague	$501
130 km or 81 mi	Tunja	$526
165 km or 102 mi	Manizales	$653
166 km or 103 mi	Salento	$562
176 km or 109 mi	Sogamoso	$523
177 km or 110 mi	Duitama	$851
178 km or 110 mi	Armenia	$541
181 km or 113 mi	Pereira	$641
202 km or 126 mi	Yopal	$687
205 km or 127 mi	Cartago	$619
231 km or 144 mi	Neiva	$520
241 km or 150 mi	Envigado	$871
243 km or 151 mi	Tulua	$477
246 km or 153 mi	Medellin	$873
252 km or 157 mi	Bello	$789
274 km or 170 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
274 km or 170 mi	Palmira	$652
294 km or 182 mi	Floridablanca	$584
298 km or 185 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
301 km or 187 mi	Cali	$733
311 km or 193 mi	Quibdo	$661
338 km or 210 mi	Buenaventura	$718
371 km or 230 mi	Popayan	$462
375 km or 233 mi	Florencia	$398
392 km or 244 mi	Rubio	$598
399 km or 248 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Cucuta	$552
405 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
411 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
412 km or 256 mi	Ocana	$590
454 km or 282 mi	La Grita	$617
458 km or 285 mi	Arauca	$595
472 km or 293 mi	Guasdualito	$667
486 km or 302 mi	Turbo	$634
503 km or 312 mi	Monteria	$620

Cities near Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1015
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1013
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$843
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$869
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1310
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$785
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$770
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$586
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$892
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$964
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1070
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1164
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1101
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1168
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$870
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1698
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$871
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1642
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1065
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1061
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$719
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$731
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1360
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1390
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$662
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$627
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$691
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$684
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$692
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$981
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$1004
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$771
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$704
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$821
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$783
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1159
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$752
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1665
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$787