Bogota vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bogota	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2414	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$441	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$771	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	89	53
😀 Quality of life	66	70
🏙️ Population	8.03M	8.78M

The cost of living in Bogota is 57% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5761st and 7641st ($976 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 138th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 5073rd and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Quanzhou

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	Bogota	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$866	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.7	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.9	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.49%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1958	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1388	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.26	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$325	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8995	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941