Bogota vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$388	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$4315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	89	100
😀 Quality of life	60	100
🏙️ Population	8.03M	4.84M

The cost of living in Bogota is 65% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6104th and 745th ($887 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Colombia and Australia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5261st and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Sydney

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	Bogota	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683