Arlington vs Barranquilla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Barranquilla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$843
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2007
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$578
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$275
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$510
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	44
😀 Quality of life	77	57
🏙️ Population	394K	1.33M

The cost of living in Arlington is 120% more expensive than in Barranquilla. Cities ranked 2476th and 6481st ($1856 vs $843) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 12th 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 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.6 months in Barranquilla. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Barranquilla ranked 5th in Colombia, while ranked 1375th and 6147th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Barranquilla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$5.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$8.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$273
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$148
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	10.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$1111
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$736
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$35.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$2.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$6.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$24.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$4.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$64.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$1929

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$883
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$929
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$847
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1105
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$654
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$667
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$547
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$735
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$669
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$663
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$714
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$704
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$714
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$701
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$682
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$721
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$684
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$674
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$620
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$673
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$677
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$673
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$671
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$684
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$686
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$695
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$722
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$695
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$728
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$881
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$677
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$692
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1371
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$950
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1377