Barranquilla vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$354	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	48	56
😀 Quality of life	50	58
🏙️ Population	1.33M	2.42M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 7% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6480th and 6712th ($789 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 23rd in Colombia and Brazil, respectively. Check Colombia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 6211th and 5558th 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	$5.32	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$10964

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610