Barranquilla vs Beijing - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Beijing
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$1016
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$2879
🏠 One person rent	$354	$575
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$1275
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$1443
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	100
😀 Quality of life	35	75
🏙️ Population	1.33M	21.9M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 24% less expensive than in Beijing. Cities ranked 6549th and 5387th ($773 vs $1016) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 7th 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 1.4 months in Beijing. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Beijing ranked 5th in China, while ranked 7459th and 989th 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	$6.35	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$5.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$819
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$1965
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1021
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$33.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$51.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$14717
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$6695
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$4.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$9.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$9.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$3.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$4.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$3.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$53.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$8.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$60.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$698
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$22456

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$741
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$742
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$837
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$759
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$760
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$565
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$604
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$524
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$661
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$645
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$665
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$650
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$713
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$700
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$653
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$664
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$654
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$667
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$562
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$618
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$598
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$599
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$592
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$648
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$703
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$685
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$839
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$681
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$668
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$906
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1304
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$897
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1310

Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$716
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$756
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$649
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$586
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$680
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$472
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$665
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$702
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$592
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$711
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$679
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$655
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$550
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$584
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$642
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$635
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$618
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$581
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$533
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$629
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$544
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$564
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$524
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$642
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$703
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$590
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$638
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$616
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$624
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$620
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$600
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$620
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$815