Barranquilla vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barranquilla	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$1001
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2033	$2669
🏠 One person rent	$338	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$640	$776
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$398
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$94.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$343	$3452
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	48	47
😀 Quality of life	51	78
🏙️ Population	1.27M	2.49M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 22% less expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 6445th and 5313th ($780 vs $1001) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 25th in Colombia and Cuba, respectively. Check Colombia vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Barranquilla compared to 3.4 months in Havana. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 6193rd and 567th 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	$4.47	$6.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$467	$1014
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$613
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.9	$35.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.85%	8.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$955	$398
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$348
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$0.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$5.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$5.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$6.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$9.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$8.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$4.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.08	$0.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$49
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$30.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.7	$39.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$92.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5384	$15283

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$851
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$661
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$705
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$655
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$877
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$519
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$582
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$536
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$552
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$733
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$633
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$458
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$612
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$716
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$1029
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$681
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$624
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$680
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$873
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$708
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$595
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$617
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$592
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$593
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$589
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$649
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$612
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$664
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$705
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$701
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$627
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$778
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$691
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$662
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$867
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1182
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$812
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1171

Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1138
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1092
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1182
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1220
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1209
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1137
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3241
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$1247
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1269
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1312
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1371
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$4065
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1507
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3152
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3104
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2924
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2904
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2771
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2809
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2752
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2565
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3068
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2722
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2780
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2608
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2711
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2770
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2705
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2738
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2900
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2644
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2686
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2714
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2611
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2610
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2569
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2647
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2611
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2883