Barranquilla vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$3115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	47	50
😀 Quality of life	35	90
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.02M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 62% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 6549th and 1701st ($773 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 25th in Colombia and Canada, respectively. Check Colombia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 7459th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Ottawa

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	Barranquilla	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800