Arlington vs Barranquilla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Barranquilla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$385
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$645
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$490
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	44
😀 Quality of life	78	61
🏙️ Population	394K	1.33M

The cost of living in Arlington is 110% more expensive than in Barranquilla. Cities ranked 2397th and 6275th ($1907 vs $909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 11th in the United States and Colombia, respectively. Check the United States vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 0.5 months in Barranquilla. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Barranquilla ranked 3rd in Colombia, while ranked 894th and 5863rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Barranquilla

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	Arlington	Barranquilla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$6.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$315
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$249
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$564
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$447
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$99.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$23.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	10.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$633
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$38.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$6.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$7.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$26.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$4.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$74.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$2229

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$950
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$874
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$971
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$887
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1155
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$687
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$707
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$572
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$784
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$764
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$678
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$703
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$732
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$714
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$704
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$701
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$764
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$703
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$683
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$646
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$676
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$685
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$675
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$673
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$687
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$754
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$744
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$710
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$750
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$723
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$733
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$915
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$712
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$714
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1071
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1395
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$992
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1403