Arlington vs Barcelona - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Arlington	Barcelona
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4760	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$1103	$1118
🏘️ Family rent	$2064	$1805
🍽️ Food expenses	$531	$475
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.4	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4278	$2221
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	98
😀 Quality of life	74	88
🏙️ Population	394K	1.66M

The cost of living in Arlington is 1% less expensive than in Barcelona. Cities ranked 2251st and 2198th ($1869 vs $1887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1793rd and 6th in the United States and Spain, respectively. Check the United States vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Arlington compared to 1.2 months in Barcelona. Arlington ranked 339th best city to live in the United States vs Barcelona ranked 2nd in Spain, while ranked 1283rd and 238th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Barcelona

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	Arlington	Barcelona
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.6	$59.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.36	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.13	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1268	$1205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$915
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1869	$2081
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$1482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$168
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$35.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.72%	3.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2211	$6469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2177	$4528
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.24	$2.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$28.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$3.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.33	$9.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$8.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.27	$6.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.81	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$65.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$652
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21580	$11932

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2299
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2100
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2096
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2085
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2105
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1887
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2103
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2195
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2159
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2127
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2022
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2158
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2103
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2111
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2175
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2189
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2125
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2122
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2550
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2118
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2188
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2243
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2236
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2102
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2145
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2150
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2282
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2336
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2196
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2061
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2506
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2284
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2602

Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1914
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1511
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1473
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1573
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1577
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1507
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1507
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1321
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1105
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1134
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1259
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1240
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1571
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1485
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1309
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1688
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1245
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1391
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1783
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1499
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1177
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1094
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1344
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1548
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1209
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1456
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1244
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1551
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1439
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1274
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2685
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1531
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1581