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Colombia / Latin America

Bogotá City Intelligence

Bogotá is Colombia's capital and a high-altitude Andean city with a globally cited bus-rapid-transit network and a fast-growing services and creative economy. Bogotá is a latin america city of about 11.7M metro in Colombia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Bogotá sits around the indexed median (72/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
11.7M metro
View of Bogotá, Colombia

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Overall score

Bogotá is most useful for users comparing affordability, transit innovation, and cultural depth against altitude and infrastructure modernization needs.

Overall72/100
Affordability80/100
Air quality64/100
Energy72/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

72/100

Strong affordability and transit-innovation profile balanced against air-quality and modernization needs.

Affordability profile

Favorable

Cost-of-living levels are comparatively favorable for a major capital.

Bus rapid transit

Globally cited

TransMilenio is a widely studied BRT system.

Bogotá data table

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Bogotá city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score72/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living80/100Bogotá offers strong affordability for a major Latin American capital, with food and transit costs supporting steady daily life.
Air Quality64/100Bogotá's air-quality profile is shaped by altitude, traffic, and basin geography, with active policy attention and public monitoring.
Energy72/100Bogotá benefits from a renewable-heavy national grid led by hydropower, with active EV-bus deployment and building-efficiency work.
Safety64/100Bogotá has mid-tier safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.
Internet Speed76/100Bogotá has solid fiber broadband and improving mobile coverage, supporting a fast-growing technology and services sector.
Climate Risk74/100Bogotá's altitude moderates heat exposure, with intense rainfall and landslide pressure shaping adaptation priorities.
Resilience72/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety44/100
Low crime44/100
Personal safety45/100
Night safety36/100
Road safety49/100

Bogotá scores below average for safety in our index (44/100); research neighborhoods and take standard precautions.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life56/100
Healthcare61/100
Education67/100
Green space43/100
Cleanliness50/100
Infrastructure66/100
Mobility64/100

Bogotá has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (56/100) across our combined indicators.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness55/100
Education67/100
Green space43/100
Overall safety44/100

Bogotá scores moderate for family living (55/100).

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability67/100
Walkability81/100
Cycling60/100
Infrastructure66/100

Bogotá is moderate for remote workers (67/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability57/100
Healthcare61/100
Cleanliness50/100
Outdoor lifestyle19/100

Bogotá is moderate for retirement (57/100), appealing for affordability.

Emergency and public safety in Bogotá

Local public safety guidance for Bogotá, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Bogotá, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Colombia emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Bogotá

Healthcare context for Bogotá, with national-level information from Colombia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Bogotá, see the Colombia healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Bogotá

Local mobility context for Bogotá, with national-level context from Colombia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Bogotá, see the Colombia transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Bogotá. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Bogotá

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Bogotá will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Bogotá air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Related comparisons

Pairs that share a city, comparison intent, or region — useful for users planning a wider relocation, remote-work, or business decision.

Explore Bogotá modules

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Cost of Living in Bogotá

Bogotá offers strong affordability for a major Latin American capital, with food and transit costs supporting steady daily life.

Air Quality in Bogotá

Bogotá's air-quality profile is shaped by altitude, traffic, and basin geography, with active policy attention and public monitoring.

Energy in Bogotá

Bogotá benefits from a renewable-heavy national grid led by hydropower, with active EV-bus deployment and building-efficiency work.

Safety in Bogotá

Bogotá has mid-tier safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.

Internet Speed in Bogotá

Bogotá has solid fiber broadband and improving mobile coverage, supporting a fast-growing technology and services sector.

Climate Risk in Bogotá

Bogotá's altitude moderates heat exposure, with intense rainfall and landslide pressure shaping adaptation priorities.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Bogotá

Cost of living estimates for Bogotá — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Bogotá

Climate profile for Bogotá — Tropical climate, annual average 26.9°C, comfort score 52/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Bogotá

Economy and jobs profile for Bogotá — regional center, economy score 62/100, key industries including government, finance, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Bogotá

Education profile for Bogotá — regional education center, education score 64/100, 7 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Bogotá

Healthcare and retirement profile for Bogotá — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 61/100, retirement score 59/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Bogotá

Estimate a monthly budget for Bogotá using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Bogotá

Plan a trip budget for Bogotá using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Bogotá

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Bogotá. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Medellín, Colombia

Same region · about 246 km from Bogotá. Explore Medellín's city intelligence profile.

Quito, Ecuador

Cross-border · about 728 km from Bogotá. Explore Quito's city intelligence profile.

Panama City, Panama

Cross-border · about 773 km from Bogotá. Explore Panama City's city intelligence profile.

San José, Costa Rica

Cross-border · about 1251 km from Bogotá. Explore San José's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Bogotá is most useful for users comparing affordability, transit innovation, and cultural depth against altitude and infrastructure modernization needs. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (80/100) and internet speed (76/100). The area most worth watching is safety (64/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Colombia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Bogotá appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.