Barranquilla vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Copenhagen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2333
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$5412
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1326
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$2372
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$4139
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	93
😀 Quality of life	35	97
🏙️ Population	1.33M	644K

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 67% less expensive than in Copenhagen. Cities ranked 6549th and 1085th ($773 vs $2333) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Colombia and Denmark, respectively. Check Colombia vs Denmark comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.8 months in Copenhagen. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Copenhagen ranked 1st in Denmark, while ranked 7459th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Copenhagen

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	Barranquilla	Copenhagen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$102
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$8.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$6.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$3.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1534
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$1083
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1988
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$174
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	4.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$7935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$5513
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$3.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$100
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$5.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$9.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$18.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$62.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$38.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$14686

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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 Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452