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Bogota vs. Antananarivo Cost of Living Summary

Bogota is 40.6% more expensive than Antananarivo.

Restaurants: pay 23.4% more in Bogota
Groceries: pay 24.8% more in Bogota
Transportation: pay 1.8% more in Bogota
Housing: pay 2.3 times more in Bogota
Childcare: pay 61.7% more in Bogota
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.6% less in Bogota
Clothing: pay 53.6% more in Bogota

The cost of housing, childcare, clothing, groceries, restaurants, and transportation in Bogota are more expensive than in Antananarivo. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Bogota.

Bogota vs. Antananarivo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bogota instead of Antananarivo, you would:

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pay 23.4% more for restaurants

	Antananarivo	Bogota
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.22 MGA15,234	$5.00 COP21,840.13	+55.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.30 MGA20,311	$6.93 COP30,259.04	+61.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.16 MGA5,484	$0.83 COP3,611.88	-28.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 MGA2,849	$0.64 COP2,784.89	+5.8%
Average			+23.4%

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pay 24.8% more for groceries

	Antananarivo	Bogota
Bread 1 loaf	$1.19 MGA5,641	$1.34 COP5,858.76	+12.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.22 MGA24,664	$2.21 COP9,654.43	-57.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.94 MGA18,641	$4.49 COP19,618.48	+13.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.80 MGA8,531	$2.14 COP9,331.08	+18.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.10 MGA9,904	$2.23 COP9,722.53	+6.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.65 MGA3,071	$1.19 COP5,201.95	+83.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.27 MGA1,277	$0.48 COP2,092.74	+77.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.51 MGA2,418	$0.55 COP2,421.57	+8.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 MGA1,574	$0.54 COP2,340.13	+60.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 MGA1,635	$0.48 COP2,115.31	+40.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.42 MGA2,004	$0.46 COP2,029.36	+9.6%
Average			+24.8%

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pay 1.8% more for transportation

	Antananarivo	Bogota
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.58 MGA21,624	$3.50 COP15,302.81	-23.4%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$40.16 COP175,414.70
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$11,817.99 MGA55,856,261	$15,009.35 COP65,561,245.83	+27.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.46 MGA58,903	$12.69 COP55,434.55	+1.8%
Average			+1.8%

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

	Antananarivo	Bogota
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$52.31 MGA247,218	$23.88 COP104,304.68	-54.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$354.54 MGA1,675,688	$428.11 COP1,869,996.04	+20.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$53.69 MGA253,769	$314.08 COP1,371,912.80	+485.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$35.96 MGA169,974	$64.50 COP281,732.13	+79.3%
Average			+132.7%

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pay 61.7% more for childcare

	Antananarivo	Bogota
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$89.71 MGA424,000	$231.19 COP1,009,844.91	+157.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$11,292.35 MGA53,371,884	$7,422.81 COP32,423,016.12	-34.3%
Average			+61.7%

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pay 13.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Antananarivo	Bogota
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.07 MGA5,078	$1.15 COP5,043.17	+7.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.12 MGA5,281	$1.43 COP6,267.94	+28.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.22 MGA15,234	$2.31 COP10,086.35	-28.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$40.29 MGA190,419	$21.38 COP93,376.28	-46.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.45 MGA30,467	$4.62 COP20,172.69	-28.4%
Average			-13.6%

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pay 53.6% more for clothing

	Antananarivo	Bogota
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$19.71 MGA93,157	$51.44 COP224,712.47	+161.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$24.89 MGA117,637	$42.05 COP183,662.90	+68.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$90.25 MGA426,539	$84.96 COP371,112.17	-5.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$78.79 MGA372,375	$71.30 COP311,452.35	-9.5%
Average			+53.6%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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