Barranquilla vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barranquilla	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$843	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2007	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$347	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$578	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$510	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	44	73
😀 Quality of life	57	80
🏙️ Population	1.33M	7.01M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 48% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6481st and 3418th ($843 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th 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 1.5 months in Riyadh. Barranquilla ranked 5th best city to live in Colombia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6147th and 759th 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	$5.33	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.8	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.5	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1929	$9818

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463