Barranquilla vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2379
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$5357
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1601
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$2918
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$453
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$3975
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	47	65
😀 Quality of life	35	87
🏙️ Population	1.33M	3.33M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 67% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 6549th and 989th ($773 vs $2379) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Colombia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7459th and 288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Dubai

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	Barranquilla	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$6.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$1243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$3782
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$2332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$91.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$3507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$86.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$9.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$2.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$77.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$13241

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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 Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536