Barranquilla vs Chongqing - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Chongqing
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$662
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$2020
🏠 One person rent	$354	$226
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$439
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$91.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$890
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	48	87
😀 Quality of life	50	72
🏙️ Population	1.33M	32.1M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 19% more expensive than in Chongqing. Cities ranked 6480th and 7185th ($789 vs $662) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 146th 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 1.3 months in Chongqing. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Chongqing ranked 8th in China, while ranked 6211th and 1966th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Chongqing

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	Barranquilla	Chongqing
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$3.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$22.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$5.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$272
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$523
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$333
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$37.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$58.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$9.98
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	4.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$2378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$1355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$30.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$4.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$4.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$28.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$7.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$72.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$27717

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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 Chongqing

Distance	City	Cost of living
97 km or 60 mi	Huaying	$575
103 km or 64 mi	Guang'an	$607
120 km or 75 mi	Longchang	$618
127 km or 79 mi	Luzhou	$642
140 km or 87 mi	Suining	$609
140 km or 87 mi	Neijiang	$682
145 km or 90 mi	Nanchong	$560
170 km or 106 mi	Zigong	$609
183 km or 113 mi	Shehong	$574
191 km or 119 mi	Ziyang	$625
194 km or 120 mi	Renhuai	$568
201 km or 125 mi	Yibin	$627
208 km or 129 mi	Dazhou	$600
209 km or 130 mi	Zunyi	$594
211 km or 131 mi	Jianyang	$611
232 km or 144 mi	Langzhong	$551
249 km or 154 mi	Lichuan	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Bazhong	$593
264 km or 164 mi	Meishan	$624
265 km or 165 mi	Chengdu	$660
266 km or 165 mi	Leshan	$588
266 km or 166 mi	Guanghan	$587
268 km or 167 mi	Deyang	$591
272 km or 169 mi	Mianyang	$550
277 km or 172 mi	Bijie	$612
285 km or 177 mi	Shifang	$572
292 km or 181 mi	Emeishan	$570
294 km or 183 mi	Pengzhou	$605
298 km or 185 mi	Enshi	$581
298 km or 185 mi	Mianzhu	$559
298 km or 185 mi	Chongzhou	$614
300 km or 186 mi	Jiangyou	$553
309 km or 192 mi	Qionglai	$604
316 km or 196 mi	Wanyuan	$555
320 km or 199 mi	Dujiangyan	$603
327 km or 203 mi	Guangyuan	$596
331 km or 206 mi	Guiyang	$576
331 km or 206 mi	Tongren	$596
342 km or 212 mi	Ya'an	$613
342 km or 213 mi	Jishou	$556