Barranquilla vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barranquilla	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$577
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2033	$1601
🏠 One person rent	$338	$212
🏘️ Family rent	$640	$402
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$75
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$343	$720
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	48	24
😀 Quality of life	51	43
🏙️ Population	1.27M	6.56M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 35% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 6445th and 7871st ($780 vs $577) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 396th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Shaoyang ranked 236th in China, while ranked 6193rd and 6810th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Shaoyang

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	Barranquilla	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.47	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23	$17.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$4.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$150
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$467	$637
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$28.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.9	$44.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.85%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$955	$3499
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$3103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$21.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$3.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$3.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$4.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$5.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$28.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.08	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$5.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.7	$56.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$65.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5384	$11076

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$538
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$554
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$570
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$584
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$530
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$549
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$585
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$578
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$555
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$575
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$585
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$533
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$579
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$565
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$548
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$752
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$579
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$584
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$573
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$525
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$558
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$604
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$774
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$574
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$587
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$785
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$580
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$856
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$581
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$602
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$613
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$574
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$609
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$596
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$812
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$596
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$599
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$577
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$586