Bogota vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bogota	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$883	$922
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2124	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$399	$473
🏘️ Family rent	$671	$604
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$324
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	88	56
😀 Quality of life	60	43
🏙️ Population	7.74M	2.9M

The cost of living in Bogota is 4% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6066th and 5826th ($883 vs $922) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Colombia and Brazil, respectively. Check Colombia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Salvador ranked 44th in Brazil, while ranked 5338th and 6863rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Salvador

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	Bogota	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.62	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.6	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$7.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$432	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$284	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$734	$541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$513	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.7	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.5	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.94%	12.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.1	$53.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$6.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.61	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.81	$7.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.28	$2.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.71	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.72	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.1	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.84	$7.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.9	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$8.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.6	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$73.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$226	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6983	$12057

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Cities near Bogota

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Soacha	$724
39 km or 24 mi	Facatativa	$433
46 km or 29 mi	Zipaquira	$645
72 km or 44 mi	Villavicencio	$530
88 km or 55 mi	Girardot	$416
127 km or 79 mi	Ibague	$525
130 km or 81 mi	Tunja	$511
165 km or 102 mi	Manizales	$727
166 km or 103 mi	Salento	$567
176 km or 109 mi	Sogamoso	$597
177 km or 110 mi	Duitama	$617
178 km or 110 mi	Armenia	$551
181 km or 113 mi	Pereira	$639
202 km or 126 mi	Yopal	$594
205 km or 127 mi	Cartago	$639
231 km or 144 mi	Neiva	$507
241 km or 150 mi	Envigado	$812
243 km or 151 mi	Tulua	$493
246 km or 153 mi	Medellin	$867
252 km or 157 mi	Bello	$778
274 km or 170 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
274 km or 170 mi	Palmira	$648
294 km or 182 mi	Floridablanca	$612
298 km or 185 mi	Bucaramanga	$649
301 km or 187 mi	Cali	$720
311 km or 193 mi	Quibdo	$649
338 km or 210 mi	Buenaventura	$552
371 km or 230 mi	Popayan	$455
375 km or 233 mi	Florencia	$416
392 km or 244 mi	Rubio	$593
399 km or 248 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$595
405 km or 252 mi	Cucuta	$708
405 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$589
411 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$592
412 km or 256 mi	Ocana	$612
454 km or 282 mi	La Grita	$617
458 km or 285 mi	Arauca	$646
472 km or 293 mi	Guasdualito	$659
486 km or 302 mi	Turbo	$624
503 km or 312 mi	Monteria	$633

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$680
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$701
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$635
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$620
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$494
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$438
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$606
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$566
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$595
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$525
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$611
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$597
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$577
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$462
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$550
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$634
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$610
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$444
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$436
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$583
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$651
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$621
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$615
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$612
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$606
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$576
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$504
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$645
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$573
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$657
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$619
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$631
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$601
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$711