Bogota vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bogota	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2128	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$387	$490
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$860
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$55.8
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	88	47
😀 Quality of life	59	53
🏙️ Population	7.74M	2.49M

The cost of living in Bogota is 15% less expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 6226th and 5521st ($868 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 24th in Colombia and Cuba, respectively. Check Colombia vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 0.1 months in Havana. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 5388th and 6030th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Havana

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	Bogota	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.45	$4.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.9	$29.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.06	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$2.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$1.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$432	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$334
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$710	$1030
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$528	$605
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$22.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$35.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.2	$134
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.44%	8.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1631	$395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1278	$332
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.1	$6.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$3.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$3.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$5.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$5.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$4.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$6.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.32	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.38	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$3.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.4	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.52	$0.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$49.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.97	$35.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$39.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.3	$76.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$224	$52.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7593	$13025

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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 Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1113
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1076
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1203
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1182
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1108
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1096
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3014
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$878
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1110
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1053
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1103
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3991
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1210
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3058
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3002
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2849
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2808
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2644
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2803
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2612
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2570
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3103
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2551
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2562
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2591
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2578
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2753
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2645
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2671
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2717
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2898
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2659
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2682
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2691
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2608
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2647
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2630
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2623
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2724
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2942