Bogota vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$388	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$574
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	89	44
😀 Quality of life	60	58
🏙️ Population	8.03M	1.13M

The cost of living in Bogota is 4% less expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 6104th and 5898th ($887 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Colombia and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check Colombia vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 5261st and 5536th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bogota vs Santo Domingo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bogota/santo-domingo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bogota vs Santo Domingo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bogota/santo-domingo" target="_blank">Bogota vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bogota vs Santo Domingo

Prices for goods and services in Bogota and Santo Domingo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bogota	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$7607

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$812
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$784
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$695
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$645
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$545
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$750
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$733
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$656
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$692
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$773
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$561
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$735
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$707
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$774
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$961
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$715
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$520
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$527
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1221
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1264
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1145
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1429
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1546
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1457
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$521