Bogota

Life quality score

City ranking

Housing

9
35/265
Details
Large apartment$710.00
Medium apartment$570.00
Rent index [score]0.92
Small apartment$430.00

Cost of Living

9
27/248
Details
5km taxi ride$5.60
A Cappuccino$1.60
A beer$0.96
A kilogram of Apples$1.70
Bread$0.41
Inflation [score]0.91
Lunch$4.60
Monthly fitness club membership$46.00
Monthly public transport$35.00
Movie ticket$4.20
Price of a meal at a restaurant$28.40

Startups

6
71/264
Details
Average monthly increase in number of startups6
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score]0.44
Coworking spaces [score]0.39
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co35
Meetups [score]0.76
Meetups groups200
Meetups members130733
Number of investors26
Number of startup events in the last 12 months107
Number of upcoming meetup events36
Startup climate scene [score]0.48
Startup events17
Startup events [score]0.41
Startups [score]0.70
Total number of startups149

Venture Capital

1
182/192
Details
Funding accelerator namesWayra CO
Number of funding accelerators1
Venture capital [score]0.13

Travel Connectivity

2
186/266
Details
Airport hub76
Airport hub [score]0.38

Commute

5
141/255
Details
Human city pagehttp://cities.human.co/details/Colombia/Bogotá
Traffic handling [score]0.45

Business Freedom

6
181/264
Details
Business freedom78.20
Business freedom [score]0.73
Freedom from corruption37.00
Freedom from corruption [score]0.27
Lack of labor restrictions77.60
Lack of labor restrictions [score]0.76
Time to open a business9.00
Time to open a business [score]0.91

Safety

6
191/266
Details
Crime rate [score]0.27
Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year26
Guns per 100 residents6
Lack of gun related deaths [score]0.29
Lack of guns [score]0.97
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score]0.63

Healthcare

5
216/265
Details
Healthcare expenditure [score]0.45
Healthcare quality [score]0.61
Life expectancy (years)74.75
Life expectancy [score]0.49

Education

2
207/240
Details
Best university in rankingUniversity of the Andes
Best university ranking550
Country mean scores in PISA math test375.12
Country mean scores in PISA reading test403.40
Country mean scores in PISA science test398.68
PISA math ranking (high school)49
PISA ranking48
PISA ranking (high school) [score]0.21
PISA reading (high school)40
PISA science (high school)46
Percent of happy students0.80
Percent of low performers in PISA math test0.74
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test0.51
Percent of low performers in PISA science test0.56
Percent of top performers in PISA math test0.00
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test0.00
Percent of top performers in PISA science test0.00
University quality [score]0.10

Environmental Quality

4
198/266
Details
Air quality [score]0.20
Cleanliness [score]0.33
Drinking water quality [score]0.72
Urban greenery [score]0.49

Economy

5
169/263
Details
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area2982.35
Currency for urban areaCOP
GDP growth rate0.05
GDP growth rate [score]0.69
GDP per capita$13430.45
GDP per capita [score]0.23

Taxation

2
261/266
Details
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score]0.10
Income tax level [score]0.27
Profit tax (% of profit)0.70
Time overhead to file company taxes239
VAT (Sales Tax)0.16

Internet Access

3
231/266
Details
Download speed (Mbps)10.45
Internet access (download) [score]0.19
Internet access (upload) [score]0.40
Upload speed (Mbps)8.94

Leisure & Culture

6
111/264
Details
Art galleries70
Art galleries [score]0.54
Cinemas61
Cinemas [score]0.75
Comedy clubs28
Comedy clubs [score]0.92
Concert venues44
Concerts [score]0.58
Historical sites71
Historical sites [score]0.62
Museums57
Museums [score]0.62
Performing art venues42
Performing arts [score]0.69
Sport venues75
Sports [score]0.76
Zoos14
Zoos [score]0.66

Tolerance

9
38/266
Details
LGBT Equality Index89.16
LGBT Equality Index [score]0.91
LGBT adoption rights✔ Legal
LGBT age of consent✔ Equal
LGBT blood donation regulations✔ Legal
LGBT conversion therapy regulations✖ Not banned
LGBT discrimination legality✔ Illegal
LGBT employment discrimination legalitySexual orientation only
LGBT gender changing rights✔ Legal, but requires surgery
LGBT homosexuality rights✔ Legal
LGBT housing discrimination legalitySexual orientation only
LGBT marriage rights✔ Legal
Tolerance towards minorities [score]0.80

Outdoors

7
5/266
Details
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score]0.99
Median peak in meters3570.00
Presence of hills in city1.00
Presence of mountains in city1.00
Urban area elevation (meters)2613.00
Water access [score]0.50
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Cost of living

Costs of living in Bogotá are in the least expensive 20 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Average living expenses are significantly lower compared to other cities, especially in the housing market. Moving to Bogotá will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international  cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.

Housing costs (USD)

$530$880
$710
Median rent for
apartments in city center

Daily living costs (USD)

Monthly fitness club membership$46
Movie ticket$4
Broadband internet connection$29
Monthly public transport$35
Lunch$5
-65%
compared to
San Francisco
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Software Engineer salaries in Bogota are below average. For this job type, Bogota ranks 184th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Bogota.

Estimated annual salary (in USD)

$30,841
Median salary
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Safety

Gun crimes & Ownership

5.90
Guns per 100 people
25.94
Gun deaths per 100k people / year
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Overall crime rate city ranking

The overall crime rate puts Bogota in position 234 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.

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People in Bogota

Population of Bogota

8,531,700
973 /km²
131/264
Density (people per unit of area)
7%
Growth in 2015-2020
Bogota

Demographics of Colombia

Median age
30
Elderly people
7%
Life expectancy at birth
76
GDP per capita (in USD)
$13,430
221/263
Unemployment
10%
200/264

Languages

English proficiency score
48
210/228
Common spoken languages
Spanish

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Work in:

Marketing Manager
7.26%
Founder
7.26%
Web Designer
4.47%
Software Engineer
3.91%
Content Marketing
3.35%
Web Developer
3.35%
Administrative Assistant
2.79%
Other
67.60%

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Climate

Average day length (hours)

12.5

Climate type

Marine West Coast

Average daily maximum temperature

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On living in Bogota

Bogotá (, , ; Spanish pronunciation: [boɣoˈta] ( listen)), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia administered as the Capital District, although often thought of as part of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, industrial, artistic, cultural, and sports center of the country.

Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on August 6, 1538, by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca. The Muisca were the indigenous inhabitants of the region and called the settlement where Bogotá was founded Bacatá, which in the Chibcha language means "The Lady of the Andes." Further, the word 'Andes' in the Aymara language means "shining mountain," thus rendering the full lexical signification of Bogotá as "The Lady of the shining mountain." After the Battle of Boyacá on August 7, 1819, Bogotá became the capital of the independent nation of Gran Colombia. Since the Viceroyalty of New Granada's independence from the Spanish Empire and during the formation of present-day Colombia, Bogotá has remained the capital of this territory.

The city is located in the center of Colombia, on a high plateau known as the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. It is the third-highest capital in South America (after Quito and La Paz), at an average of 2,640 metres (8,660 ft) above sea level. Subdivided into 20 localities, Bogotá has an area of 1,587 square kilometres (613 square miles) and a relatively cool climate that is constant through the year.

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Good Country Index

Every city comes with a country. How is this one doing in terms of giving back to the global community? Our friends at The Good Country Index measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size.

Overall ranking

Colombia
74th from a total of 163 countries

World Order

122nd

Refugees hosted

Refugees generated

Charity giving

Birth rate

UN Treaties signed

International Peace & Security

57th

Dues in arrears to UN peace keeping budgets

International violent conflict

Peacekeeping troops

Arms exports

Internet security (2014)

Planet & Climate

58th

Ecological footprint

Reforestation since 1992

Hazardous pesticides exports

CO2 emissions

Ozone

Prosperity & Equality

37th

Development assistance

FDI outflows

Fairtrade market size

UN volunteers abroad

Open trading

Culture

98th

Freedom of movement

Press freedom

Creative services exports

UNESCO dues in arrears as % of contribution

Creative goods exports

Science & Technology

65th

Nobel prizes

Patents

Journal exports

International publications

International Students

Health & Wellbeing

124th

Pharmaceutical exports

Voluntary excess donations to the WHO

Food aid

Humanitarian aid donations

International Health Regulations Compliance

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