Barranquilla vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$2801
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$6767
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1663
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$3057
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$410
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$4399
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	48	99
😀 Quality of life	50	99
🏙️ Population	1.33M	4.84M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 72% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6480th and 312th ($789 vs $2801) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Colombia and Australia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.6 months in Sydney. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 6211th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Sydney

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	Barranquilla	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$7.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1992
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$4038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$2523
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$53.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$16279
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$9905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$3.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$143
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$8.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$5.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$29.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$16.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$2054
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$18951

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$840
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$979
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$863
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$582
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$506
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$620
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$451
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$590
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$706
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$696
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$654
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$634
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$666
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$552
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$617
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$598
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$598
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$592
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$584
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$674
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$705
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$685
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$789
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$688
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$670
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1249
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$871
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1231

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754