Barranquilla vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Barranquilla	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2156	$5606
🏠 One person rent	$385	$1416
🏘️ Family rent	$645	$2368
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$670
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$490	$3839
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	44	95
😀 Quality of life	61	95
🏙️ Population	1.33M	985K

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 64% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 6275th and 849th ($909 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Colombia and Sweden, respectively. Check Colombia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.5 months in Stockholm. Barranquilla ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 5863rd and 23rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Stockholm

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	Barranquilla	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.08	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$98.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.13	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$8.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$5.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$3.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1704
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$1084
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$2705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1909
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$260
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$40
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.09%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$12627
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$633	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.2	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$28.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$3.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$5.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$22.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$1.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$8.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$3.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.6	$51
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.21	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$36.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$137
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.1	$178
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2229	$17693

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$2118
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1214
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1853
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$2065
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1827
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1840
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1914
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1702
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1741
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1831
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1651
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1547
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1603
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1398
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1337
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1423
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1311
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1631
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1397
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1579
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1370
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1884
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1594
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1562
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1567
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1597
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1568
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1691
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1641
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1383
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1230
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1581
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$994
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1583
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1606
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1481
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1701
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1375
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1516