Barranquilla vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$4933
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	48	94
😀 Quality of life	50	77
🏙️ Population	1.33M	467K

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 71% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6480th and 464th ($789 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 406th in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 6211th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Long Beach

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	Barranquilla	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$21877

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614