Barranquilla vs Beijing - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barranquilla	Beijing
🚶 Cost of living one person	$843	$1029
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2007	$2645
🏠 One person rent	$347	$589
🏘️ Family rent	$578	$1040
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$98
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$510	$658
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	100
😀 Quality of life	57	73
🏙️ Population	1.33M	21.9M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 18% less expensive than in Beijing. Cities ranked 6481st and 5355th ($843 vs $1029) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 6th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 0.6 months in Beijing. Barranquilla ranked 5th best city to live in Colombia vs Beijing ranked 11th in China, while ranked 6147th and 2546th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Beijing

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	Barranquilla	Beijing
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.33	$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$2.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$469
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$1549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$839
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$46.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$14720
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$6180
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.8	$31.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$4.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$3.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$4.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$59.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$8.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$78.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.5	$713
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1929	$22823

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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

Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$707
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$750
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$646
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$565
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$660
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$641
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$688
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$558
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$694
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$638
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$619
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$533
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$574
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$614
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$564
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$505
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$535
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$615
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$527
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$523
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$454
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$580
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$748
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$499
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$480
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$642
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$654
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$601
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$550
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$629
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$741