Bogota vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$388	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$991
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	89	93
😀 Quality of life	60	66
🏙️ Population	8.03M	9.37M

The cost of living in Bogota is 42% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 6104th and 7405th ($887 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 5261st and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Hefei

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	Bogota	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$39.1
🌐 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	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665