Barranquilla vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barranquilla	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$843	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2007	$2298
🏠 One person rent	$347	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$578	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$90.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$510	$882
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	44	91
😀 Quality of life	57	72
🏙️ Population	1.33M	11.9M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 2% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 6481st and 6563rd ($843 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 20th 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 1.1 months in Hangzhou. Barranquilla ranked 5th best city to live in Colombia vs Hangzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 6147th and 2980th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Hangzhou

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	Barranquilla	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.33	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$55.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$7830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$4289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.8	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$6.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$7.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$4.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.5	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1929	$28925

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$883
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$929
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$847
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1105
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$654
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$667
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$547
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$735
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$669
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$663
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$714
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$704
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$714
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$701
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$682
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$721
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$684
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$674
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$620
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$673
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$677
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$673
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$671
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$684
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$686
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$695
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$722
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$695
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$728
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$881
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$677
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$692
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1371
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$950
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1377

Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753