Barranquilla vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Barranquilla	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2156	$1657
🏠 One person rent	$385	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$645	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$490	$688
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	44	17
😀 Quality of life	61	44
🏙️ Population	1.33M	7.82M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 51% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6275th and 7914th ($909 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 207th 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Barranquilla ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Shangqiu ranked 334th in China, while ranked 5863rd and 7360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Shangqiu

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	Barranquilla	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.08	$2.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.13	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$0.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$233
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$192
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$431
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$58.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$8.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.09%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$2751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$633	$1731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.2	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$4.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.6	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.21	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$33.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$67.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.1	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2229	$16802

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$950
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$874
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$971
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$887
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1155
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$687
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$707
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$572
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$784
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$764
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$678
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$703
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$732
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$714
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$704
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$701
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$764
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$703
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$683
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$646
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$676
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$685
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$675
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$673
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$687
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$754
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$744
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$710
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$750
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$723
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$733
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$915
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$712
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$714
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1071
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1395
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$992
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1403

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$581
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$803
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$581
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$569
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$483
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$558
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$598
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$556
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$548
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$514
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$592
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$583
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$601
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$491
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$509
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$518
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$543
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$498
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$489
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$531
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$520
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$506
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$516
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$516
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$576
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$492
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$596
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$550
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$505
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$519
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$548
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$518