Bogota vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$388	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$602
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	89	71
😀 Quality of life	60	61
🏙️ Population	8.03M	10.6M

The cost of living in Bogota is 84% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 6104th and 8748th ($887 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 5261st and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Shijiazhuang

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	Bogota	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$4785

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716