Bogota vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$388	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	89	92
😀 Quality of life	60	67
🏙️ Population	8.03M	9.21M

The cost of living in Bogota is 24% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6104th and 4604th ($887 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. Check Colombia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 5261st and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Mexico City

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	Bogota	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804