Bogota vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$388	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$1651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	89	24
😀 Quality of life	60	78
🏙️ Population	8.03M	592K

The cost of living in Bogota is 38% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 6104th and 3759th ($887 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 31st in Colombia and Spain, respectively. Check Colombia vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 5261st and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Malaga

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	Bogota	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$9532

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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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449