Bogota vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$388	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$2923
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	89	91
😀 Quality of life	60	92
🏙️ Population	8.03M	548K

The cost of living in Bogota is 57% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 6104th and 1662nd ($887 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 46th in Colombia and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5261st and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Manchester

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	Bogota	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681