Tip Calculator for Bogotá

Tip Calculator for Bogotá

In Colombian restaurants the bill usually includes a 'propina voluntaria' or suggested tip of 10 percent, and staff should ask whether you want it included. It is voluntary, and you can ask for it to be removed. This page opens the tip calculator for Bogotá in Colombian peso (COP) with a 10 percent tip and a bill split 3 ways.

Facts that change the answer

• Typical tip in Bogotá: 10 percent
• Service charge: A voluntary 10 percent tip is often printed on the bill.
• Tax: Restaurants charge an 8 percent consumption tax (impoconsumo).
• Currency: Colombian peso (COP)

Worked example for Bogotá

A 3-person meal in Bogotá with a bill of COP 240,000 and a 10 percent tip comes to COP 264,000, or COP 88,000 each. At 15 percent the total would be COP 276,000. (Example bill; use your own receipt.)

Bogotá has about 7,674,366 people (GeoNames) and is in Bogota D.C.. Across the border, Lima in Peru follows different habits, so check that city's page before you travel.

Quick amounts in COP at 10 percent: on COP 120,000 the tip is COP 12,000 and the total COP 132,000; on COP 240,000 the tip is COP 24,000 and the total COP 264,000; on COP 480,000 the tip is COP 48,000 and the total COP 528,000; on COP 960,000 the tip is COP 96,000 and the total COP 1,056,000. At 5 percent the tip on COP 240,000 would be COP 12,000, and at 15 percent COP 36,000.

Sources: FastBuySale editorial summary of local custom (customs vary) · GeoNames. Checked 5 November 2026. For how the maths works, see the Tip Calculator guide.