Bogota vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$388	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	89	35
😀 Quality of life	60	53
🏙️ Population	8.03M	1.43M

The cost of living in Bogota is 10% less expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 6104th and 5623rd ($887 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 19th 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 0.7 months in Puebla. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 5261st and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Puebla

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	Bogota	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699