Barranquilla vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barranquilla	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$2113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2033	$4833
🏠 One person rent	$338	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$640	$1953
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$189
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$343	$3532
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	48	53
😀 Quality of life	51	92
🏙️ Population	1.27M	1.31M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 63% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 6445th and 1526th ($780 vs $2113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 32nd in Colombia and Canada, respectively. Check Colombia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.7 months in Calgary. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Calgary ranked 6th in Canada, while ranked 6193rd and 66th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Calgary

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	Barranquilla	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.47	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$2.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$1165
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$944
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$467	$1993
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$1559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.9	$241
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$66.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.85%	6.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$955	$3410
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$3182
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$82.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$20.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$9.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$5.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$3.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$56.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.08	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.7	$62.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$904
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5384	$21983

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$851
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$661
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$705
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$655
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$877
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$519
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$582
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$536
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$552
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$733
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$633
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$458
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$612
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$716
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$1029
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$681
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$624
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$680
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$873
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$708
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$595
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$617
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$592
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$593
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$589
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$649
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$612
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$664
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$705
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$701
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$627
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$778
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$691
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$662
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$867
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1182
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$812
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1171

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722