Bogota vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$388	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$3371
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	89	95
😀 Quality of life	60	95
🏙️ Population	8.03M	985K

The cost of living in Bogota is 57% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 6104th and 1732nd ($887 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Colombia and Sweden, respectively. Check Colombia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 5261st and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bogota vs Stockholm 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/stockholm.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bogota vs Stockholm infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bogota/stockholm" target="_blank">Bogota vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bogota vs Stockholm

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

	Bogota	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$5804

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331