Barranquilla vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Barranquilla	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$931	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2216	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$391	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$368
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$73.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$752
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	44	17
😀 Quality of life	62	44
🏙️ Population	1.33M	7.01M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 55% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 6080th and 7983rd ($931 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 263rd 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 1.3 months in Zhumadian. Barranquilla ranked 3rd best city to live in Colombia vs Zhumadian ranked 338th in China, while ranked 5620th and 7353rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Zhumadian

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	Barranquilla	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.23	$2.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.63	$6.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$2.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$212
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$440	$281
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$36.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$55.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.96%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1444	$3276
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$634	$1650
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.1	$16.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$3.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.33	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$3.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.86	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.1	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$5.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.1	$25.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$5.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.6	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$417
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2577	$8478

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$967
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$882
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$973
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$891
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$1186
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$698
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$727
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$586
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$815
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$789
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$679
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$733
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$797
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$765
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$716
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$698
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$706
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$797
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$709
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$674
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$678
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$687
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$678
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$678
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$685
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$795
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$724
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$761
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$737
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$710
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$1012
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$729
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$732
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$1162
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1361
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$1041
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1373

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$521
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$519
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$610
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$596
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$533
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$487
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$567
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$575
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$504
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$516
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$562
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$589
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$593
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$514
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$613
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$529
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$520
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$555
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$522
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$595
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$523
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$575
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$457
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$520
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$556
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$612
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$610
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$524
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$643
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$545
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$585
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$540
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$541
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$573
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$513
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$588
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$513