Barranquilla vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$354	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$1651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	47	24
😀 Quality of life	35	78
🏙️ Population	1.33M	592K

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 46% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 6549th and 3759th ($773 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 31st in Colombia and Spain, respectively. Check Colombia vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 7459th and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Malaga

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	Barranquilla	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$9532

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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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449