Barranquilla vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$3371
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	95
😀 Quality of life	35	95
🏙️ Population	1.33M	985K

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 62% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 6549th and 1732nd ($773 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Colombia and Sweden, respectively. Check Colombia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 7459th and 20th 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	$6.35	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$5804

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$741
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$742
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$837
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$759
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$760
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$565
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$604
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$524
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$661
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$645
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$665
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$650
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$713
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$700
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$653
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$664
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$654
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$667
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$562
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$618
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$598
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$599
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$592
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$648
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$703
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$685
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$839
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$681
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$668
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$906
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1304
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$897
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1310

Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331