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Brasilia vs. Bogota Cost of Living Summary

Brasilia is 15.4% more expensive than Bogota.

Restaurants: pay 21.2% more in Brasilia
Groceries: pay 8.3% more in Brasilia
Transportation: pay 8.9% more in Brasilia
Housing: pay 20.9% less in Brasilia
Childcare: pay 77.5% more in Brasilia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 25.1% more in Brasilia
Clothing: pay 12.3% less in Brasilia

The cost of childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, transportation, and groceries in Brasilia are more expensive than in Bogota. Expenses including housing and clothing are lower in Brasilia. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Brasilia.

Brasilia vs. Bogota Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 21.2% more for restaurants

	Bogota	Brasilia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00 COP21,840.13	$6.97 R$43.07	+39.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.93 COP30,259.04	$6.10 R$37.69	-12.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.83 COP3,611.88	$1.14 R$7.04	+37.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.64 COP2,784.89	$0.76 R$4.72	+19.8%
Average			+21.2%

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pay 8.3% more for groceries

	Bogota	Brasilia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.34 COP5,858.76	$1.57 R$9.70	+17.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.21 COP9,654.43	$4.43 R$27.41	+100.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.49 COP19,618.48	$3.57 R$22.07	-20.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.14 COP9,331.08	$2.10 R$13.00	-1.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.23 COP9,722.53	$1.42 R$8.79	-36.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.19 COP5,201.95	$0.87 R$5.35	-27.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.48 COP2,092.74	$0.57 R$3.51	+18.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.55 COP2,421.57	$0.50 R$3.08	-10.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.54 COP2,340.13	$0.70 R$4.30	+29.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.48 COP2,115.31	$0.51 R$3.14	+5.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46 COP2,029.36	$0.54 R$3.31	+15.2%
Average			+8.3%

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pay 8.9% more for transportation

	Bogota	Brasilia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.50 COP15,302.81	$3.79 R$23.40	+8.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$40.16 COP175,414.70	$43.46 R$268.67	+8.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$15,009.35 COP65,561,245.83	$24,385.57 R$150,756.50	+62.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.69 COP55,434.55	$7.21 R$44.58	-43.2%
Average			+8.9%

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pay 20.9% less for housing

	Bogota	Brasilia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$23.88 COP104,304.68	$19.32 R$119.41	-19.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$428.11 COP1,869,996.04	$360.74 R$2,230.18	-15.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$314.08 COP1,371,912.80	$223.88 R$1,384.05	-28.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$64.50 COP281,732.13	$51.47 R$318.20	-20.2%
Average			-20.9%

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pay 77.5% more for childcare

	Bogota	Brasilia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$231.19 COP1,009,844.91	$461.58 R$2,853.61	+99.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,422.81 COP32,423,016.12	$11,525.09 R$71,250.39	+55.3%
Average			+77.5%

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pay 25.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Bogota	Brasilia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.15 COP5,043.17	$1.74 R$10.77	+50.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.43 COP6,267.94	$1.75 R$10.81	+21.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.31 COP10,086.35	$2.09 R$12.92	-9.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$21.38 COP93,376.28	$23.80 R$147.13	+11.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.62 COP20,172.69	$6.97 R$43.07	+50.9%
Average			+25.1%

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pay 12.3% less for clothing

	Bogota	Brasilia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.44 COP224,712.47	$50.89 R$314.63	-1.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.05 COP183,662.90	$41.19 R$254.63	-2.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$84.96 COP371,112.17	$64.43 R$398.29	-24.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$71.30 COP311,452.35	$55.71 R$344.39	-21.9%
Average			-12.3%

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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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