Barranquilla vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$354	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	54
😀 Quality of life	35	66
🏙️ Population	1.33M	8.78M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 20% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6549th and 7256th ($773 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 118th 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 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 7459th and 4015th 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	$6.35	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936