Bogota vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$388	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	89	99
😀 Quality of life	60	93
🏙️ Population	8.03M	3.9M

The cost of living in Bogota is 72% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 6104th and 80th ($887 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 71st in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 5261st and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Los Angeles

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	Bogota	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919