Barranquilla vs Oslo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Oslo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2292
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$4945
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$2054
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$665
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$3699
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	37 km
🎓 Higher education	47	79
😀 Quality of life	35	94
🏙️ Population	1.33M	709K

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 66% less expensive than in Oslo. Cities ranked 6549th and 1171st ($773 vs $2292) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Colombia and Norway, respectively. Check Colombia vs Norway comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.6 months in Oslo. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Oslo ranked 1st in Norway, while ranked 7459th and 37th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Oslo

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	Barranquilla	Oslo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$92.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$9.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$3.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1322
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$1024
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1674
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$221
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$8757
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$6384
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$3.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$80
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$26.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$3.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$4.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$28.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$4.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$2.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$45.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$62
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$33
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$94
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$8593

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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 Oslo

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.7 mi	Baerum	$1872
25 km or 16 mi	Lillestrom	$1945
27 km or 17 mi	Asker	$1930
35 km or 22 mi	Jessheim	$1838
36 km or 22 mi	Drammen	$1627
50 km or 31 mi	Moss	$1707
57 km or 35 mi	Horten	$1631
68 km or 42 mi	Kongsberg	$1747
71 km or 44 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
74 km or 46 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
78 km or 48 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
92 km or 57 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
96 km or 60 mi	Halden	$1575
100 km or 62 mi	Hamar	$1764
103 km or 64 mi	Skien	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Larvik	$1733
106 km or 66 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
106 km or 66 mi	Arvika	$1251
108 km or 67 mi	Gjovik	$1722
135 km or 84 mi	Lillehammer	$1468
165 km or 103 mi	Karlstad	$1279
186 km or 115 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
194 km or 120 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
197 km or 122 mi	Arendal	$1623
201 km or 125 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
220 km or 137 mi	Mariestad	$1373
241 km or 150 mi	Mora	$1367
245 km or 152 mi	Skovde	$1473
247 km or 154 mi	Ludvika	$1178
252 km or 156 mi	Kristiansand	$1326
259 km or 161 mi	Gothenburg	$1623
260 km or 162 mi	Orebro	$1171
261 km or 162 mi	Molndal	$1498
266 km or 166 mi	Borlange	$1599
275 km or 171 mi	Boras	$1367
276 km or 171 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
281 km or 175 mi	Falun	$1648
303 km or 188 mi	Sandnes	$1709
304 km or 189 mi	Stavanger	$2049
305 km or 190 mi	Bergen	$2006