Barranquilla vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Barranquilla	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2156	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$385	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$645	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$490	$3974
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	99
😀 Quality of life	61	96
🏙️ Population	1.33M	2.11M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 63% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6275th and 916th ($909 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Colombia and France, respectively. Check Colombia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Barranquilla ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5863rd and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Paris

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	Barranquilla	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.08	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.13	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.09%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$633	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.2	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.6	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.21	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.1	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2229	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544