Barranquilla vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barranquilla	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$843	$1082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2007	$2560
🏠 One person rent	$347	$485
🏘️ Family rent	$578	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$510	$1614
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	44	74
😀 Quality of life	57	62
🏙️ Population	1.33M	4.43M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 22% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 6481st and 5031st ($843 vs $1082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 4th in Colombia and South Africa, respectively. Check Colombia vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.5 months in Johannesburg. Barranquilla ranked 5th best city to live in Colombia vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 6147th and 5648th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Johannesburg

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	Barranquilla	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.33	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$824
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$40.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	11.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$1106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$741
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$2.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.8	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$5.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$7.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.5	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1929	$5503

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$984
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$890
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$984
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$826
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$740
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$892
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$975
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$706
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$875
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$940
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$838
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$830
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$808
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$762
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$833
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$637
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$668
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$599
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$827
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$607
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$469
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$650
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$577
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$598
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$514
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$861
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$908
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$536
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$915
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$892
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$587
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$915