Barranquilla vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barranquilla	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$3502
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2033	$7476
🏠 One person rent	$338	$2428
🏘️ Family rent	$640	$4021
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$717
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$195
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$343	$6928
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	48	87
😀 Quality of life	51	92
🏙️ Population	1.27M	1.01M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 78% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 6445th and 22nd ($780 vs $3502) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 20th in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Barranquilla compared to 2 months in San Jose, United States. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs San Jose, United States ranked 9th in the United States, while ranked 6193rd and 69th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Barranquilla vs San Jose, United States infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/barranquilla/san-jose-us.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Barranquilla vs San Jose, United States infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/barranquilla/san-jose-us" target="_blank">Barranquilla vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Barranquilla vs San Jose, United States

Prices for goods and services in Barranquilla and San Jose are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Barranquilla	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.47	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23	$87.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$5.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$2372
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$2164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$467	$4451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$3536
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.9	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$84.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.85%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$955	$13837
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$9980
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$108
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$4.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$4.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$14.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$5.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$4.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$17.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$4.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.08	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.7	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$1687
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5384	$15889

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$851
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$661
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$705
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$655
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$877
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$519
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$582
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$536
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$552
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$733
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$633
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$458
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$612
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$716
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$1029
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$681
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$624
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$680
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$873
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$708
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$595
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$617
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$592
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$593
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$589
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$649
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$612
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$664
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$705
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$701
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$627
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$778
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$691
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$662
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$867
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1182
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$812
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1171

Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3272
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3301
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4204
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3222
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3057
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2974
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3184
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3171
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3064
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3733
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3012
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3186
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3003
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3245
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3313
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2922
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3389
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3422
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3300
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3644
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2952
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3047
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$2908
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3567
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3518
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2660
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3109
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2650
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3583
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2881
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2969
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3219
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2860
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3163
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$2929
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3147
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3358
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2141
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3130
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3123