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Bucaramanga vs. Colombia Cost of Living Summary

Bucaramanga is 6.1% cheaper than Colombia overall.

Restaurants: pay 10.4% less in Bucaramanga
Groceries: pay 2.6% less in Bucaramanga
Transportation: pay 2.5% more in Bucaramanga
Housing: pay 7.5% less in Bucaramanga
Childcare: pay 13.6% less in Bucaramanga
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.6% less in Bucaramanga
Clothing: pay 6.5% less in Bucaramanga

Expenses including childcare, restaurants, housing, clothing, entertainment and sports, and groceries are lower in Bucaramanga.

Bucaramanga vs. Colombia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bucaramanga instead of Colombia, you would:

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pay 10.4% less for restaurants

	Colombia	Bucaramanga
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.20 COP17,476.24	$2.89 COP12,004.42	-31.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.62 COP27,536.73	$6.47 COP26,889.90	-2.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.78 COP3,262.96	$0.72 COP3,013.11	-7.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 COP2,476.59	$0.59 COP2,470.24	-0.3%
Average			-10.4%

Colombia vs. Bucaramanga - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.6% less for groceries

	Colombia	Bucaramanga
Bread 1 loaf	$1.27 COP5,288.88	$1.04 COP4,321.59	-18.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.16 COP9,002.02	$1.96 COP8,163.01	-9.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.88 COP16,140.99	$4.33 COP18,025.20	+11.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.02 COP8,404.92	$2.09 COP8,709.04	+3.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.19 COP9,103.46	$2.51 COP10,454.63	+14.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.07 COP4,456.45	$1.10 COP4,573.90	+2.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.45 COP1,891.61	$0.52 COP2,167.16	+14.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.55 COP2,295.17	$0.38 COP1,568.19	-31.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 COP1,902.51	$0.38 COP1,597.24	-16.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 COP2,081.51	$0.53 COP2,192.57	+5.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 COP1,883.74	$0.43 COP1,778.43	-5.6%
Average			-2.6%

Colombia vs. Bucaramanga - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5% more for transportation

	Colombia	Bucaramanga
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.05 COP12,701.89	$3.07 COP12,751.35	+0.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$34.31 COP142,690.68	$36.95 COP153,656.58	+7.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,642.99 COP73,376,117.02	$18,587.35 COP77,303,663.14	+5.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.10 COP58,633.15	$13.62 COP56,660.86	-3.4%
Average			+2.5%

Colombia vs. Bucaramanga - Cost of transportation

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pay 7.5% less for housing

	Colombia	Bucaramanga
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.88 COP95,142.33	$20.93 COP87,049.19	-8.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$272.41 COP1,132,948.31	$275.45 COP1,145,564.65	+1.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$235.87 COP980,971.27	$227.06 COP944,347.71	-3.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$66.40 COP276,165.15	$53.77 COP223,615.51	-19.0%
Average			-7.5%

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pay 13.6% less for childcare

	Colombia	Bucaramanga
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$190.65 COP792,919.95	$227.06 COP944,347.71	+19.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,364.51 COP18,151,746.73	$2,339.92 COP9,731,583.16	-46.4%
Average			-13.6%

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pay 4.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Colombia	Bucaramanga
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.15 COP4,798.94	$1.39 COP5,762.12	+20.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.40 COP5,840.19	$1.26 COP5,228.59	-10.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.09 COP8,703.20	$1.62 COP6,722.48	-22.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.45 COP93,387.36	$22.86 COP95,055.80	+1.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.65 COP15,196.18	$3.23 COP13,444.95	-11.5%
Average			-4.6%

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pay 6.5% less for clothing

	Colombia	Bucaramanga
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.02 COP216,349.26	$58.77 COP244,409.99	+13.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.22 COP158,974.75	$41.28 COP171,663.21	+8.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$81.60 COP339,389.50	$79.67 COP331,321.99	-2.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$69.09 COP287,324.73	$38.33 COP159,418.70	-44.5%
Average			-6.5%

Colombia vs. Bucaramanga - Cost of clothing

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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: February 2025

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