Bogota vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$5127
🏠 One person rent	$388	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$2310
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$2561
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	89	78
😀 Quality of life	60	85
🏙️ Population	8.03M	936K

The cost of living in Bogota is 58% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 6104th and 1551st ($887 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Colombia and Israel, respectively. Check Colombia vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 5261st and 374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Jerusalem

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	Bogota	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$8.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$1380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$980
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$13235
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$8778
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$89.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$878
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$17799

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511