Barranquilla vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	47	90
😀 Quality of life	35	93
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.51M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 65% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6549th and 1352nd ($773 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Colombia and Germany, respectively. Check Colombia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 7459th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Munich

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	Barranquilla	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560