Barcelona vs Changhua - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Changhua
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2423
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$1485
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	98	83
😀 Quality of life	87	62
🏙️ Population	1.7M	225K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 126% more expensive than in Changhua. Cities ranked 2276th and 6385th ($1841 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 11th in Spain and Taiwan, respectively. Check Spain vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.8 months in Changhua. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Changhua ranked 14th in Taiwan, while ranked 270th and 4970th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Changhua

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	Barcelona	Changhua
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$4.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$42
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$64.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	2.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$5666
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$3781
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$33.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$3.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$6.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$6.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$9.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$40.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$12.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$81.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$310
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$17014

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

Cities near Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$894
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$796
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$770
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$728
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$747
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$897
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$821
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$875
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$814
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1073
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$731
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1181
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$788
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$967
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$627
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$625
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$644
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$823
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$688
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$648
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$630
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$649
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$603
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$581
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$451
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$681
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$443
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$655
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$569
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$601
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$671
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$682
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$661
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$671