Barranquilla vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$1079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$2553
🏠 One person rent	$354	$487
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$1695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	48	72
😀 Quality of life	50	58
🏙️ Population	1.33M	4.43M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 27% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 6480th and 5069th ($789 vs $1079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 3rd in Colombia and South Africa, respectively. Check Colombia vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 6211th and 5446th 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	$5.32	$9.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$781
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$72.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$44.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$1096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$81.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$5.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$6.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$6.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$6.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$7.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$5865

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$840
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$979
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$863
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$582
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$506
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$620
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$451
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$590
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$706
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$696
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$654
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$634
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$666
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$552
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$617
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$598
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$598
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$592
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$584
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$674
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$705
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$685
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$789
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$688
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$670
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1249
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$871
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1231

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$997
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$874
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$971
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$822
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$696
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$838
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$909
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$717
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$848
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$943
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$819
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$841
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$774
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$809
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$692
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$718
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$690
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$623
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$791
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$654
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$459
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$627
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$663
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$581
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$554
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$859
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$1003
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$600
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1116
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$834
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$585
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045