Barranquilla vs Chengdu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Chengdu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$660
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$1808
🏠 One person rent	$354	$251
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$445
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$87
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$892
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	48	94
😀 Quality of life	50	72
🏙️ Population	1.33M	20.9M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 20% more expensive than in Chengdu. Cities ranked 6480th and 7209th ($789 vs $660) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 151st in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.4 months in Chengdu. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Chengdu ranked 7th in China, while ranked 6211th and 1933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Chengdu

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	Barranquilla	Chengdu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$2.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$25.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$175
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$329
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$52.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$4168
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$2205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$27.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$3.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$4.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$6.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$15153

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$840
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$979
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$863
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$582
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$506
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$620
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$451
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$590
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$706
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$696
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$654
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$634
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$666
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$552
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$617
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$598
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$598
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$592
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$584
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$674
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$705
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$685
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$789
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$688
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$670
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1249
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$871
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1231

Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$614
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$605
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$587
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$572
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$611
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$603
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$591
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$604
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$624
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$559
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$625
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$550
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$588
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$613
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$574
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$570
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$609
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$609
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$618
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$551
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$627
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$642
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$607
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$596
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$575
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$593
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$600
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$584
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$595
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$620
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$569
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$568
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$612
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$555
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$594
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$591