Bogota vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$388	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	89	54
😀 Quality of life	60	66
🏙️ Population	8.03M	8.78M

The cost of living in Bogota is 38% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6104th and 7256th ($887 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 118th 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 34th in China, while ranked 5261st and 4015th 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	$6.16	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936