Barranquilla vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$354	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	47	72
😀 Quality of life	35	78
🏙️ Population	1.33M	7.01M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 53% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6549th and 2911th ($773 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Colombia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7459th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Riyadh

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	Barranquilla	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529