Barranquilla vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$354	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$477
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	48	95
😀 Quality of life	50	63
🏙️ Population	1.33M	11.5M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 22% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6480th and 5616th ($789 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st 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 0.5 months in Sao Paulo. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 6211th and 4573rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Sao Paulo

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	Barranquilla	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$13135

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629