Barranquilla vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barranquilla	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$975
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2033	$2332
🏠 One person rent	$338	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$640	$583
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$343	$195
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	48	54
😀 Quality of life	51	41
🏙️ Population	1.27M	2.25M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 20% less expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 6445th and 5499th ($780 vs $975) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Colombia and Venezuela, respectively. Check Colombia vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Barranquilla compared to 0.2 months in Caracas. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 6193rd and 7028th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Caracas

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	Barranquilla	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.47	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$334
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$467	$616
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$500
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$14.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.9	$21.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$38.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.85%	28.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$955	$844
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$1224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$29.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$6.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$7.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$9.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$3.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$4.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$60.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.08	$4.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$36.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.7	$46.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$81.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5384	$3515

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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 Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$854
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$839
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$880
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$846
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$812
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$815
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$805
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$844
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$823
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$823
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$804
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$720
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$723
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$696
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$640
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$581
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$648
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$612
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$705
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$763
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$728
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$688
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$713
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$755
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$691
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$685
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$753
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$712
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$699
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$684
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$707
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1783
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$663
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$769
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$719
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$732
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$653
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$708
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$687
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$692