Bogota vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bogota	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2414	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$441	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$771	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	89	56
😀 Quality of life	66	62
🏙️ Population	8.03M	2.42M

The cost of living in Bogota is 23% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 5761st and 6702nd ($976 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 17th 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 0.5 months in Salvador. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 5073rd and 5621st 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	$5.55	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$866	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.7	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.9	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.49%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1958	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1388	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.26	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$325	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8995	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699