Barranquilla vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Barranquilla	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$931	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2216	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$391	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	49
😀 Quality of life	62	71
🏙️ Population	1.33M	8.78M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 44% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6080th and 7630th ($931 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 134th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Barranquilla ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 5620th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Quanzhou

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	Barranquilla	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.23	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.63	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$440	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.96%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1444	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$634	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.33	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.86	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.1	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.1	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.6	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2577	$9745

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$967
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$882
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$973
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$891
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1186
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$698
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$727
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$586
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$815
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$789
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$679
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$733
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$797
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$765
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$716
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$698
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$706
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$797
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$709
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$674
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$678
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$687
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$678
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$678
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$685
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$795
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$724
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$761
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$737
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$710
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$1012
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$729
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$732
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1162
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1361
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$1041
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1373

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954