Barranquilla vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$710
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$2138
🏠 One person rent	$354	$300
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$686
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$68.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$1012
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	48	90
😀 Quality of life	50	71
🏙️ Population	1.33M	13.9M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 11% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 6480th and 6862nd ($789 vs $710) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 81st in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.4 months in Tianjin. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Tianjin ranked 10th in China, while ranked 6211th and 2285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Tianjin

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	Barranquilla	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$204
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$1072
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$495
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$43.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$67.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$8.33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	4.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$7862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$2825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$2.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$9.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$5.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$14.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$6.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$72.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$3.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$40.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$79.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$16590

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$700
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$734
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$679
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$693
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$786
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$720
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$742
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$611
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1067
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$769
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$675
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$620
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$649
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$714
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$677
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$482
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$668
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$572
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$605
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$670
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$614
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$677
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$869
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$760
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$748
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$588
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$568
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$616
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$555
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$547
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$670
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$597
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$632
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$581
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$507
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$526
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$618