Barranquilla vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$354	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$991
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	47	93
😀 Quality of life	35	66
🏙️ Population	1.33M	9.37M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 24% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 6549th and 7405th ($773 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 7459th and 3963rd 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	$6.35	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665