Bogota vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$388	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	89	72
😀 Quality of life	60	92
🏙️ Population	8.03M	620K

The cost of living in Bogota is 41% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 6104th and 3353rd ($887 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 271st in Colombia and Germany, respectively. Check Colombia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 5261st and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Leipzig

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	Bogota	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307