Barranquilla vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$1858
🏠 One person rent	$354	$277
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$952
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	48	93
😀 Quality of life	50	65
🏙️ Population	1.33M	9.37M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 9% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 6480th and 6780th ($789 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 68th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.3 months in Hefei. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Hefei ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 6211th and 4171st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Hefei

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	Barranquilla	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$5.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$564
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	4.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$3971
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$2140
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$43
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$7.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$109
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$5.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$4.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$8558

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$840
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$979
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$863
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$582
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$506
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$620
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$451
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$590
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$706
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$696
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$654
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$634
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$666
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$552
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$617
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$598
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$598
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$592
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$584
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$674
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$705
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$685
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$789
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$688
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$670
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1249
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$871
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1231

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$694
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$649
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$706
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$658
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$705
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$903
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$524
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$672
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$774
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$636
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$771
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$651
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$673
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$650
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$703
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$690
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$630
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$659
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$648
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$698
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$613
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$619
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$629
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$633
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$702
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$656
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$705
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$673
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$694
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$528
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$699