Bogota vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$388	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$1581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	89	38
😀 Quality of life	60	76
🏙️ Population	8.03M	767K

The cost of living in Bogota is 29% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 6104th and 4331st ($887 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Colombia and Croatia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 5261st and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Zagreb

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	Bogota	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747