Cost of living comparison

compared to

Bogota vs. Abuja Cost of Living Summary

Bogota is 53.4% more expensive than Abuja.

Restaurants: pay 81.2% more in Bogota
Groceries: pay 7.7% less in Bogota
Transportation: pay 23.2% more in Bogota
Housing: pay 26.6% less in Bogota
Childcare: pay 3.5 times more in Bogota
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.8% less in Bogota
Clothing: pay 56.4% more in Bogota

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

Bogota vs. Abuja Cost Breakdown

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

Display currency: USD

pay 81.2% more for restaurants

	Abuja	Bogota
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.17 NGN3,147.16	$5.12 COP19,119.97	+135.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.64 NGN6,713.99	$7.68 COP28,679.96	+65.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.66 NGN957.79	$1.09 COP4,074.15	+64.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.43 NGN624.37	$0.69 COP2,565.96	+59.2%
Average			+81.2%

Abuja vs. Bogota - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 7.7% less for groceries

	Abuja	Bogota
Bread 1 loaf	$1.15 NGN1,666.08	$1.50 COP5,604.67	+30.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.95 NGN4,271.35	$2.64 COP9,851.70	-10.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.61 NGN16,804.43	$4.93 COP18,398.56	-57.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.45 NGN2,099.94	$2.19 COP8,167.71	+50.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.04 NGN2,952.64	$2.56 COP9,576.99	+25.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.28 NGN1,847.19	$1.37 COP5,104.66	+7.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.65 NGN947.61	$0.48 COP1,800.81	-26.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.56 NGN806.37	$0.69 COP2,585.54	+24.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 NGN1,387.76	$0.61 COP2,285.17	-36.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.19 NGN1,728.75	$0.60 COP2,224.45	-50.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 NGN1,429.48	$0.58 COP2,160.03	-41.5%
Average			-7.7%

Abuja vs. Bogota - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 23.2% more for transportation

	Abuja	Bogota
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.04 NGN4,394.84	$4.02 COP15,031.98	+32.5%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$43.77 COP163,475.77
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,143.00 NGN37,833,365.31	$17,277.24 COP64,529,910.63	-33.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.29 NGN13,437.67	$15.87 COP59,271.92	+70.9%
Average			+23.2%

Abuja vs. Bogota - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 26.6% less for housing

	Abuja	Bogota
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$45.99 NGN66,559.01	$28.12 COP105,029.49	-38.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,461.96 NGN3,562,878.67	$468.73 COP1,750,672.58	-81.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,158.05 NGN1,675,899.17	$349.03 COP1,303,597.69	-69.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$35.51 NGN51,386.82	$65.10 COP243,148.12	+83.3%
Average			-26.6%

Abuja vs. Bogota - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 3.5 times more for childcare

	Abuja	Bogota
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$133.90 NGN193,782.81	$323.97 COP1,210,021.18	+141.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,965.88 NGN2,844,959.01	$9,101.91 COP33,995,312.92	+363.0%
Average			+252.4%

Abuja vs. Bogota - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 4.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Abuja	Bogota
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.05 NGN1,519.53	$1.28 COP4,779.99	+21.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.29 NGN3,311.01	$1.90 COP7,113.75	-16.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.00 NGN2,894.34	$2.99 COP11,161.28	+49.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.84 NGN64,885.38	$26.93 COP100,579.03	-39.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.35 NGN12,088.18	$5.12 COP19,119.97	-38.7%
Average			-4.8%

Abuja vs. Bogota - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 56.4% more for clothing

	Abuja	Bogota
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$29.79 NGN43,108.80	$63.64 COP237,691.69	+113.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.76 NGN41,626.26	$44.73 COP167,070.33	+55.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$68.91 NGN99,721.23	$103.65 COP387,133.94	+50.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$85.63 NGN123,920.57	$90.70 COP338,756.05	+5.9%
Average			+56.4%

Abuja vs. Bogota - Cost of clothing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

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: December 2025

More cost comparisons

Abuja vs.

Singapore

Abuja vs.

Cairo

Abuja vs.

Athens

Abuja vs.

Lima

Abuja vs.

Bangkok

Abuja vs.

Vienna

Abuja vs.

Dodoma

Abuja vs.

Kiev

Share this

Compare countries by overall cost of living

See the cost of living in Nigeria vs. Colombia. This provides a comparison of the average cost of living from cities within Nigeria and Colombia.

Help us improve these prices

MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative project. Please enter price information for your location to help assist us in making these comparisons more accurate. Learn more

Add prices for Abuja

Add prices for Bogota

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Bogota or Abuja. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.