Bogota vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$388	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$1303
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	89	61
😀 Quality of life	60	79
🏙️ Population	8.03M	605K

The cost of living in Bogota is 20% less expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 6104th and 4764th ($887 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Colombia and Latvia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 5261st and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Riga

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	Bogota	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$13840

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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 Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220