Bogota vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bogota	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2414	$1981
🏠 One person rent	$441	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$771	$718
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$73.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$976
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	89	29
😀 Quality of life	66	49
🏙️ Population	8.03M	6.17M

The cost of living in Bogota is 26% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 5761st and 6772nd ($976 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 30th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Maoming ranked 141st in China, while ranked 5073rd and 6717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Maoming

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	Bogota	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$3.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$866	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.7	$42.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.9	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.49%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1958	$4664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1388	$2843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$2.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$5.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.26	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$9.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$325	$424
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8995	$16634

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Cities near Bogota

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Soacha	$848
39 km or 24 mi	Facatativa	$722
46 km or 29 mi	Zipaquira	$762
72 km or 44 mi	Villavicencio	$546
88 km or 55 mi	Girardot	$515
127 km or 79 mi	Ibague	$506
130 km or 81 mi	Tunja	$637
165 km or 102 mi	Manizales	$678
166 km or 103 mi	Salento	$655
176 km or 109 mi	Sogamoso	$581
177 km or 110 mi	Duitama	$960
178 km or 110 mi	Armenia	$667
181 km or 113 mi	Pereira	$730
202 km or 126 mi	Yopal	$777
205 km or 127 mi	Cartago	$679
231 km or 144 mi	Neiva	$565
241 km or 150 mi	Envigado	$950
243 km or 151 mi	Tulua	$511
246 km or 153 mi	Medellin	$1030
252 km or 157 mi	Bello	$881
274 km or 170 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
274 km or 170 mi	Palmira	$693
294 km or 182 mi	Floridablanca	$686
298 km or 185 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
301 km or 187 mi	Cali	$759
311 km or 193 mi	Quibdo	$708
338 km or 210 mi	Buenaventura	$782
371 km or 230 mi	Popayan	$572
375 km or 233 mi	Florencia	$489
392 km or 244 mi	Rubio	$671
399 km or 248 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$673
405 km or 252 mi	Cucuta	$620
405 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$684
411 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$673
412 km or 256 mi	Ocana	$704
454 km or 282 mi	La Grita	$677
458 km or 285 mi	Arauca	$699
472 km or 293 mi	Guasdualito	$690
486 km or 302 mi	Turbo	$721
503 km or 312 mi	Monteria	$663

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941