Barranquilla vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$1750
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$4293
🏠 One person rent	$354	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$1885
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	48	92
😀 Quality of life	50	86
🏙️ Population	1.33M	2.75M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 55% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 6480th and 2722nd ($789 vs $1750) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Colombia and Italy, respectively. Check Colombia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 6211th and 294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Rome

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	Barranquilla	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$2242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$1322
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$7363
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$38.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$4.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$4.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$7.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$123
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$70.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$513
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$10781

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$840
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$979
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$863
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$582
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$506
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$620
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$451
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$590
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$706
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$696
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$654
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$634
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$666
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$552
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$617
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$598
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$598
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$592
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$584
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$674
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$705
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$685
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$789
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$688
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$670
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1249
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$871
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1231

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$928
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1654
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1492
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1427
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1316
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1400
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1324
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1277
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1061
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1058
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1117
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1168
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1424
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1268
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1034
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1129
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1188
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1340
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1148
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1148
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1301
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1259
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1320
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1294
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1249
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1323
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1601
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1212
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1231
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1449
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1342
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1199
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1400
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1208
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1240
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1632
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1262