Barranquilla vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2077
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$4598
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1226
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$1942
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$3168
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	47	53
😀 Quality of life	35	90
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.31M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 63% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 6549th and 1646th ($773 vs $2077) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 23rd in Colombia and Canada, respectively. Check Colombia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Calgary ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 7459th and 153rd 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	$6.35	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$60.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1222
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2053
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$3283
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$80.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$56.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$841
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$16603

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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 Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871