Barranquilla vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Barranquilla	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2156	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$385	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$645	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$490	$1020
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	44	96
😀 Quality of life	61	72
🏙️ Population	1.33M	13.3M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 43% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6275th and 3728th ($909 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Colombia and Russia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Barranquilla ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5863rd and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Moscow

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	Barranquilla	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.08	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.13	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.09%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$633	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.2	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.6	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.21	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.1	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2229	$17546

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$950
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$874
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$971
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$887
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1155
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$687
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$707
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$572
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$784
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$764
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$678
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$703
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$732
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$714
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$704
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$701
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$764
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$703
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$683
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$646
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$676
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$685
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$675
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$673
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$687
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$754
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$744
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$710
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$750
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$723
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$733
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$915
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$712
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$714
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1071
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1395
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$992
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1403

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791