Barranquilla vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barranquilla	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$707
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2033	$1809
🏠 One person rent	$338	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$640	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$343	$933
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	48	93
😀 Quality of life	51	67
🏙️ Population	1.27M	9.37M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 10% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 6445th and 6756th ($780 vs $707) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 82nd in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.3 months in Hefei. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Hefei ranked 28th in China, while ranked 6193rd and 3921st 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	$4.47	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$250
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$467	$554
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$29.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.9	$45.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$16.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.85%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$955	$3876
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$2072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$42
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$8.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$4.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.08	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$41.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.7	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5384	$8280

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$696
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$655
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$702
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$687
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$746
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$728
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$898
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$532
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$624
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$700
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$740
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$671
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$708
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$789
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$645
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$660
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$626
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$720
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$694
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$625
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$643
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$652
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$707
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$604
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$617
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$625
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$621
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$707
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$641
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$699
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$713
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$713
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$532
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$696