Barranquilla vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Barranquilla	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$931	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2216	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$391	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$4372
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	44	94
😀 Quality of life	62	78
🏙️ Population	1.33M	467K

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 65% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6080th and 604th ($931 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 532nd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach. Barranquilla ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Long Beach ranked 279th in the United States, while ranked 5620th and 958th 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	$6.23	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.63	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$440	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.96%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1444	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$634	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.1	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.33	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.86	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.1	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.1	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.6	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2577	$19617

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$967
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$882
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$973
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$891
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1186
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$698
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$727
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$586
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$815
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$789
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$679
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$733
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$797
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$765
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$716
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$698
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$706
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$797
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$709
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$674
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$678
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$687
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$678
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$678
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$685
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$795
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$724
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$761
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$737
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$710
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$1012
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$729
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$732
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1162
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1361
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$1041
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1373

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164