Barranquilla vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$354	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	92
😀 Quality of life	35	67
🏙️ Population	1.33M	9.21M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 33% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6549th and 4604th ($773 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 7th in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. Check Colombia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 7459th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Mexico City

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	Barranquilla	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804