A burger menu: 18,000 Colombian pesos / 5.7 American dollars / 5.38 euros. Eating at an average restaurant: 20,000 Colombian pesos / 6.3 American dollars / 5.97 euros.

Rent in Colombia is, on average, 79.73% lower than in United States….Cost of Living in Colombia.

Colombia Avg Coffee Price: External Market: USD

The average price for a Big Mac burger in Colombia was estimated at 3.74 U.S. dollars in January 2021, 12 cents of a dollar more than a year earlier. The Bic Mac index has been published annually by The Economist since 1986 and is rated as a simplified indicator of a country’s individual purchasing power.

$5000 will buy you eggs, cheese, bread, arepa and coffee/hot chocolate in most places but if you just want something small then look for casserola – eggs and coffee/hot chocolate is sometimes all you need.

Using the U.N. World Drug Report and user-submitted data, the black-market site Havocscope compiled a list of how much cocaine costs around the world. Kuwait tops the price charts, at $330 a gram, while Colombia has the lowest prices at $3.50 per gram.

Currency Import regulations: Local currency (Colombian Peso-COP) and foreign currencies: up to USD 10,000. – or equivalent. Amounts exceeding USD 10,000. – must be declared on arrival.

Plan ahead and exchange before you go on your trip If you want to plan ahead, you can exchange before your trip. Retailers like the post office or foreign exchange bureaus stock Colombian pesos. You might even receive better rates at home, since you won’t be paying a withdrawal fee or a foreign transaction fee.

If you want to carry cash, use US dollars. Incidentally, banks do not exchange foreign banknotes in Colombia. You have to go to a specialist money exchange bureau.

While the wealth of 71% of adults in Colombia is, on average, less than $10,000, just over 2% of adults have wealth of more than $100,000. Colombia’s richest have fortunes representing 4.6 times the state’s annual investment in education and equivalent to 22% of GDP according to Oxfam.

In Colombia the numbers are different. A household can be considered middle class if it earns between US$300 and US$850 per month, which is US$10 and US$29 per day. Any household earning anything more that this is considered high class and will be located on the top 10% of the richest in Colombia.

A vacation to Colombia for one week usually costs around CO$972,459 for one person. So, a trip to Colombia for two people costs around CO$1,944,919 for one week. A trip for two weeks for two people costs CO$3,889,838 in Colombia.

How to Travel Around Colombia With $1000. Colombia isn’t the cheapest country in the world to travel in, but it’s by no means the most expensive either – it’s perfectly possible to enjoy a long and fulfilling Colombia adventure on a basic travel budget.

Prices in supermarkets in Colombia.

Bogota, Medellin, Manizales, Armenia, Bucamungara, San Gil, Cartagena, santa Marta are all fine. You will be MUCH safer in Colombia than in the surrounding countries.

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The U.S. Department of State has assessed Bogotá as being a HIGH-threat location, and Cartagena as a MEDIUM-threat location for crime directed at or affecting official U.S. government interests. Bogotá and other large cities in Colombia share many of the same crime problems that plague large cities around the world.

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Do not travel to Colombia due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Colombia due to crime, terrorism and kidnapping. Some areas have increased risk. Visit the Embassy’s COVID-19 page for more information on COVID-19 and related restrictions and conditions in Colombia.