Cost of living comparison
Bogota is 92.9% more expensive than Cairo.
If you lived in Bogota instead of Cairo, you would:
pay 2.0 times more for restaurants
Cairo
|
Bogota
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$3.25
E£155.73
|
$3.30
$13,075
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.23
E£202.46
|
$5.50
$21,792
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.25
E£12.16
|
$0.64
$2,519
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.15
E£7.01
|
$0.49
$1,937
|
|
pay 97.2% more for groceries
Cairo
|
Bogota
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.59
E£28.01
|
$1.12
$4,449
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.73
E£83.03
|
$2.42
$9,615
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.44
E£164.56
|
$3.66
$14,501
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.46
E£70.04
|
$1.75
$6,947
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.41
E£115.35
|
$1.79
$7,106
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.53
E£25.13
|
$0.97
$3,855
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.24
E£11.34
|
$0.38
$1,487
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.16
E£7.56
|
$0.48
$1,911
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.14
E£6.50
|
$0.50
$2,000
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.15
E£7.20
|
$0.40
$1,583
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.14
E£6.81
|
$0.36
$1,420
|
|
pay 3.5 times more for transportation
Cairo
|
Bogota
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.24
E£59.24
|
$2.09
$8,293
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$11.39
E£545.07
|
$31.00
$122,906
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$26,600.33
E£1,273,132.15
|
$13,189.68
$52,300,224
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$1.37
E£65.41
|
$12.53
$49,685
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for housing
Cairo
|
Bogota
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$14.42
E£690.38
|
$19.84
$78,652
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$173.02
E£8,281.20
|
$340.12
$1,348,648
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$100.76
E£4,822.35
|
$253.13
$1,003,703
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$18.76
E£897.88
|
$53.15
$210,734
|
|
pay 87.8% more for childcare
Cairo
|
Bogota
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$113.41
E£5,428.11
|
$189.88
$752,916
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$2,460.81
E£117,778.27
|
$5,125.13
$20,322,373
|
|
pay 14.3% less for entertainment and sports
Cairo
|
Bogota
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.63
E£77.87
|
$0.99
$3,923
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.71
E£82.04
|
$1.20
$4,771
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.79
E£85.65
|
$1.87
$7,409
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$19.91
E£953.00
|
$18.64
$73,897
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.90
E£186.88
|
$3.89
$15,429
|
|
pay 7.0% more for clothing
Cairo
|
Bogota
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$38.38
E£1,837.07
|
$46.54
$184,547
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$36.15
E£1,730.41
|
$29.24
$115,949
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$88.16
E£4,219.39
|
$72.21
$286,331
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$42.66
E£2,042.01
|
$61.46
$243,694
|
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