Barranquilla vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$354	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$1905
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	100
😀 Quality of life	50	79
🏙️ Population	1.33M	24.9M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 31% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6480th and 4780th ($789 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 6th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 6211th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Shanghai

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	Barranquilla	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$31401

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774