Barranquilla vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$2403
🏠 One person rent	$354	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$809
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$288
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$1383
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	47	72
😀 Quality of life	35	57
🏙️ Population	1.33M	4.43M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 22% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 6549th and 5539th ($773 vs $993) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th 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 1.4 months in Johannesburg. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 7459th and 5667th 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	$6.35	$9.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	11.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$1031
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$684
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$9.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$5.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$6.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$2.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$7.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$214
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$5271

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003