Barranquilla vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barranquilla	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1743	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$354	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$519	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.5	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$822
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	47	22
😀 Quality of life	35	58
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.96M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 26% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 6549th and 5176th ($773 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 12th in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. Check Colombia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Barranquilla compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Barranquilla ranked 12th best city to live in Colombia vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 7459th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Tijuana

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	Barranquilla	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.94	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$673	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1854	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677