Barranquilla vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$3522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	47	88
😀 Quality of life	35	94
🏙️ Population	1.33M	488K

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 64% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 6549th and 1491st ($773 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 36th in Colombia and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7459th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Edinburgh

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	Barranquilla	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$21911

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692