Barranquilla vs Guarulhos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Barranquilla	Guarulhos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2156	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$385	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$645	$349
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$303
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$490	$364
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	44	95
😀 Quality of life	61	67
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.32M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 21% more expensive than in Guarulhos. Cities ranked 6275th and 6972nd ($909 vs $753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 56th in Colombia and Brazil, respectively. Check Colombia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 0.5 months in Guarulhos. Barranquilla ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Guarulhos ranked 5th in Brazil, while ranked 5863rd and 4893rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/barranquilla/guarulhos.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Barranquilla vs Guarulhos infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/barranquilla/guarulhos" target="_blank">Barranquilla vs Guarulhos - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Barranquilla vs Guarulhos

Prices for goods and services in Barranquilla and Guarulhos are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Barranquilla	Guarulhos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.08	$8.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$36.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.13	$7.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$209
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$137
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$244
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$36.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$56.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.09%	11.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$1804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$633	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.2	$99.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$6.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$2.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$4.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$9.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$9.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$2.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$4.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.6	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.21	$9.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$41.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$9.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$86.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.1	$379
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2229	$9734

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$950
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$874
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$971
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$887
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1155
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$687
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$707
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$572
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$784
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$764
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$678
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$703
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$732
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$714
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$704
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$701
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$764
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$703
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$683
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$646
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$676
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$685
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$675
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$673
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$687
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$754
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$744
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$710
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$750
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$723
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$733
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$915
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$712
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$714
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1071
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1395
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$992
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1403

Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$1115
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$724
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$795
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$687
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$723
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$684
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$742
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$713
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$746
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$741
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$752
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$699
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$753
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$754
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$782
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$753
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$716
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$645
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$789
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$883
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$741
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$753
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$750
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$739
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$651
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$741
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$737
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$700
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$841
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$754
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$715
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$783
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$695
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$727
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$655
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$882
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$703
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$751
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$756
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$716