Barranquilla vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barranquilla	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$843	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2007	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$347	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$578	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$510	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	44	56
😀 Quality of life	57	62
🏙️ Population	1.33M	2.42M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 7% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6481st and 6702nd ($843 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 17th in Colombia and Brazil, respectively. Check Colombia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Barranquilla ranked 5th best city to live in Colombia vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 6147th and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Salvador

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	Barranquilla	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.33	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.8	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.5	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1929	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699