Ahmedabad vs Barcelona - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ahmedabad	Barcelona
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$2129
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1030	$4730
🏠 One person rent	$161	$1308
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$2082
🍽️ Food expenses	$174	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$2324
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	58	98
😀 Quality of life	62	90
🏙️ Population	7.65M	1.73M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 80% less expensive than in Barcelona. Cities ranked 8906th and 1659th ($433 vs $2129) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 3rd in India and Spain, respectively. Check India vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.1 months in Barcelona. Ahmedabad ranked 9th best city to live in India vs Barcelona ranked 2nd in Spain, while ranked 5691st and 174th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Barcelona

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	Ahmedabad	Barcelona
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$5.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$1418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1098
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$2417
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$191	$1738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$173
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.76	$35
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.89%	3.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$861	$7636
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$578	$5246
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.52	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.14	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$4.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$9.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$7.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.04	$6.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$3.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.6	$56.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.25	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$72.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.11	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$91.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47	$866
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1402	$16301

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$360
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$367
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$358
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$350
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$298
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$314
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$663
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$267
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$283
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$273
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$299
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$241
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$316
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$346
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$370
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$312
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$329
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$285
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$312
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$252
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$309
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$335
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$355
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$464
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$260
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$476
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$335
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$717
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$335
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$355
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$495
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$282
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$309
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$384
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$320
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$279
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$311

Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1773
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2084
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1626
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1586
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1660
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1538
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1367
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1588
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1584
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1455
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1145
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1142
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1344
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1524
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1749
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1506
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1245
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1836
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1830
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1328
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1494
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$2017
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1628
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1202
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1166
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1474
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1658
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1183
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1596
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1271
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1709
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1436
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1558
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1408
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2775
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1644
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1351
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1812