Barranquilla vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barranquilla	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2033	$3221
🏠 One person rent	$338	$359
🏘️ Family rent	$640	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$343	$949
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	48	70
😀 Quality of life	51	68
🏙️ Population	1.27M	12.7M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 24% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6445th and 5170th ($780 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 11th 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 0.9 months in Suzhou. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 6193rd and 3722nd 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	$4.47	$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23	$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$467	$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.9	$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.85%	4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$955	$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$4.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.08	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.7	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5384	$22097

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$771
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$731
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$687
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$731
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$699
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$688
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$707
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$651
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1190
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$713
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$682
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$675
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1074
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$694
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$763
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$682
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$831
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$625
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$625
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$679
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$755
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$645
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$631
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$720
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$703
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$789
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$677
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$740
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$696
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$652
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$690
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$898
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645