🇨🇴 2 cities in Colombia, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇴 MedellínBig city | $93.3 | $1,524 | COL$16,000 | COL$8,200 |
| 🇨🇴 BogotáBig city | $107 | $1,647 | COL$16,000 | COL$8,200 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $93.3 and $107 a day depending on the city — about $100 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $1,524–$1,647 by city, about $1,585 on average.
By daily budget, Medellín ($93.3/day) is the cheapest and Bogotá ($107/day) the most expensive.