Barranquilla vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$354	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$1146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	47	70
😀 Quality of life	35	68
🏙️ Population	1.33M	12.7M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 11% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6549th and 6198th ($773 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 7459th and 3351st 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	$6.35	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613