Barranquilla vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barranquilla	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$843	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2007	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$347	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$578	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$510	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	53
😀 Quality of life	57	70
🏙️ Population	1.33M	8.78M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 36% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6481st and 7641st ($843 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 138th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Barranquilla ranked 5th best city to live in Colombia vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 6147th and 4086th 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	$5.33	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.8	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.5	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1929	$9321

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$883
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$929
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$847
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1105
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$654
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$667
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$547
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$735
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$669
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$663
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$714
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$704
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$714
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$701
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$682
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$721
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$684
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$674
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$620
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$673
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$677
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$673
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$671
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$684
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$686
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$695
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$722
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$695
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$728
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$881
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$677
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$692
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1371
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$950
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1377

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941