Barranquilla vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$354	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	47	56
😀 Quality of life	35	57
🏙️ Population	1.33M	2.42M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 10% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6549th and 6861st ($773 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 25th 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 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 7459th and 5641st 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	$6.35	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677