Bangkok vs Barcelona - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Bangkok	Barcelona
🚶 Cost of living one person	$996	$2129
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2570	$4730
🏠 One person rent	$434	$1308
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$2082
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$2324
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	89	98
😀 Quality of life	74	90
🏙️ Population	5.68M	1.73M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 53% less expensive than in Barcelona. Cities ranked 5606th and 1659th ($996 vs $2129) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Thailand and Spain, respectively. Check Thailand vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Bangkok compared to 1.1 months in Barcelona. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Barcelona ranked 2nd in Spain, while ranked 2044th and 174th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bangkok/barcelona.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bangkok vs Barcelona infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bangkok/barcelona" target="_blank">Bangkok vs Barcelona - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bangkok vs Barcelona

Prices for goods and services in Bangkok and Barcelona are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bangkok	Barcelona
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$5.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$1418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$294	$1098
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1118	$2417
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$1738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.9	$173
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$35
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.4%	3.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6402	$7636
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3365	$5246
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.22	$3.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$4.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$9.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.61	$7.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.26	$6.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.14	$3.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$56.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.68	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$72.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$91.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.9	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$533	$866
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16017	$16301

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$761
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$794
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$789
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$762
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$616
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$671
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$603
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$784
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$839
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$809
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$787
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$724
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$586
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$707
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$567
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$644
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$718
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$601
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$554
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$679
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$812
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$575
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$601
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$564
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$735
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$543
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$968
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$893
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$518
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$518
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$656
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$776
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$750
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$610

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