Barranquilla vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barranquilla	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$843	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2007	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$347	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$578	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$510	$1127
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	44	70
😀 Quality of life	57	71
🏙️ Population	1.33M	12.7M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 9% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6481st and 6778th ($843 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 31st in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.5 months in Suzhou. Barranquilla ranked 5th best city to live in Colombia vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 6147th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Suzhou

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	Barranquilla	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.33	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.8	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.5	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1929	$15339

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$883
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$929
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$847
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1105
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$654
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$667
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$547
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$735
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$669
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$663
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$714
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$704
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$714
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$701
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$682
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$721
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$684
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$674
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$620
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$673
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$677
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$673
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$671
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$684
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$686
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$695
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$722
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$695
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$728
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$881
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$677
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$692
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1371
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$950
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1377

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610