Barranquilla vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$354	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$3578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	34
😀 Quality of life	35	80
🏙️ Population	1.33M	543K

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 60% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 6549th and 1962nd ($773 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1679th in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 7459th and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Tucson

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	Barranquilla	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262