Barranquilla vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$2226
🏠 One person rent	$354	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$830
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$79
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$1294
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	47	97
😀 Quality of life	35	75
🏙️ Population	1.33M	18.7M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 0.1% less expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 6549th and 6548th ($773 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 31st in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 7459th and 1055th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Guangzhou

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	Barranquilla	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$3.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$1183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$655
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$37.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$10125
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$4029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$4.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$20.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$5.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$70
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$14511

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650