Barranquilla vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barranquilla	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$843	$2718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2007	$6205
🏠 One person rent	$347	$1790
🏘️ Family rent	$578	$3191
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$230
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$510	$1245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	44	100
😀 Quality of life	57	83
🏙️ Population	1.33M	7.41M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 69% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 6481st and 532nd ($843 vs $2718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st 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 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Barranquilla ranked 5th best city to live in Colombia vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 6147th and 548th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Hong Kong

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	Barranquilla	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.33	$8.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$6.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$7.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$2068
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$1498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$3648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2751
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	3.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$26310
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$16253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.8	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$3.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$4.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$25.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$19.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$75.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$65.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.5	$1018
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1929	$22102

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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 Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$878
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$662
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1746
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$518
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$662
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$608
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$829
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$758
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$941
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$589
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$827
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$766
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$777
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$816
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$892
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$454
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$669
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$809
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$765
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$773
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$780
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$766
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$897
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$750
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$726
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$697
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$707
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$677
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$693
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$901
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$546
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598