Barranquilla vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barranquilla	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$843	$622
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2007	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$347	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$578	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$216
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$510	$704
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	44	43
😀 Quality of life	57	49
🏙️ Population	1.33M	6.65M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 36% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 6481st and 7637th ($843 vs $622) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 136th 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 1.1 months in Hengyang. Barranquilla ranked 5th best city to live in Colombia vs Hengyang ranked 143rd in China, while ranked 6147th and 6726th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Hengyang

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	Barranquilla	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.33	$2.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$16.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$280
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$203
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$36.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$2989
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.8	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$3.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$9.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$2.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$25.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$85.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$63.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.5	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1929	$7438

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$883
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$929
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$847
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1105
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$654
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$667
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$547
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$735
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$669
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$663
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$714
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$704
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$714
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$701
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$682
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$721
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$684
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$674
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$620
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$673
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$677
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$673
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$671
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$684
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$686
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$695
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$722
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$695
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$728
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$881
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$677
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$692
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1371
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$950
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1377

Cities near Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$584
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$634
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$527
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$603
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$584
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$564
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$750
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$612
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$592
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$569
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$765
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$660
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$897
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$571
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$595
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$546
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$766
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$572
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$511
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$547
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$537
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$587
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$590
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$568
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$777
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$625
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$548
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$526
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$596
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$589
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599