Barranquilla vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$926
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$354	$373
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$53.9
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	47	47
😀 Quality of life	35	53
🏙️ Population	1.33M	2.49M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 17% less expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 6549th and 5902nd ($773 vs $926) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 24th in Colombia and Cuba, respectively. Check Colombia vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 0.1 months in Havana. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 7459th and 6054th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Havana

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	Barranquilla	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$1.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$1018
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$23.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$35
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$74.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$396
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$24.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$3.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$5.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$5.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$5.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$6.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$5.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$0.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$34.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$10030

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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 Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1094
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1017
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1273
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1214
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1122
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1071
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2897
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$865
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1107
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1058
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1101
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$4044
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1211
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3092
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3032
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2865
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2805
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2604
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2756
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2553
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2581
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3075
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2474
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2381
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2611
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2528
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2762
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2651
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2660
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2732
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2939
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2714
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2758
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2710
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2590
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2731
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2793
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2681
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3016
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2945