Bogota vs Georgetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bogota	Georgetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$1151
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2414	$3139
🏠 One person rent	$441	$493
🏘️ Family rent	$771	$849
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$492
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$78.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$1107
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	89	24
😀 Quality of life	66	58
🏙️ Population	8.03M	235K

The cost of living in Bogota is 15% less expensive than in Georgetown. Cities ranked 5761st and 4824th ($976 vs $1151) 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 1 months in Georgetown. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Georgetown ranked 1st in Guyana, while ranked 5073rd and 6094th 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	$5.55	$9.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$54.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$8.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$866	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$581
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.7	$88.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.9	$49.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.49%	7.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1958	$3437
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1388	$1313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$26.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$3.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$4.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$6.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$9.08
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$6.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$18.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.26	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$21.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$126
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$325	$1015
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8995	$23245

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Cities near Bogota

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Soacha	$848
39 km or 24 mi	Facatativa	$722
46 km or 29 mi	Zipaquira	$762
72 km or 44 mi	Villavicencio	$546
88 km or 55 mi	Girardot	$515
127 km or 79 mi	Ibague	$506
130 km or 81 mi	Tunja	$637
165 km or 102 mi	Manizales	$678
166 km or 103 mi	Salento	$655
176 km or 109 mi	Sogamoso	$581
177 km or 110 mi	Duitama	$960
178 km or 110 mi	Armenia	$667
181 km or 113 mi	Pereira	$730
202 km or 126 mi	Yopal	$777
205 km or 127 mi	Cartago	$679
231 km or 144 mi	Neiva	$565
241 km or 150 mi	Envigado	$950
243 km or 151 mi	Tulua	$511
246 km or 153 mi	Medellin	$1030
252 km or 157 mi	Bello	$881
274 km or 170 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
274 km or 170 mi	Palmira	$693
294 km or 182 mi	Floridablanca	$686
298 km or 185 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
301 km or 187 mi	Cali	$759
311 km or 193 mi	Quibdo	$708
338 km or 210 mi	Buenaventura	$782
371 km or 230 mi	Popayan	$572
375 km or 233 mi	Florencia	$489
392 km or 244 mi	Rubio	$671
399 km or 248 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$673
405 km or 252 mi	Cucuta	$620
405 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$684
411 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$673
412 km or 256 mi	Ocana	$704
454 km or 282 mi	La Grita	$677
458 km or 285 mi	Arauca	$699
472 km or 293 mi	Guasdualito	$690
486 km or 302 mi	Turbo	$721
503 km or 312 mi	Monteria	$663

Cities near Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1201
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1199
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$858
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1885
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$784
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$764
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$692
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$889
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$1007
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1079
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1213
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1111
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1248
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$868
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1934
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$838
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1931
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1075
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1076
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$697
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$736
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1352
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1463
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$674
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$642
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$688
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$610
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$638
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$988
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$988
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$908
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$760
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$803
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1169
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$774
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1741
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$811