Barranquilla vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$354	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$958
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	47	90
😀 Quality of life	35	70
🏙️ Population	1.33M	13.9M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 13% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 6549th and 6956th ($773 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 64th 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 1.4 months in Tianjin. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 7459th and 2306th 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	$6.35	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$18215

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616