Barcelona vs Dakar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Dakar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2994
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$529
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1249
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$363
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$363
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	98	29
😀 Quality of life	87	47
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.44M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 65% more expensive than in Dakar. Cities ranked 2276th and 4757th ($1841 vs $1114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Spain and Senegal, respectively. Check Spain vs Senegal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.3 months in Dakar. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Dakar ranked 1st in Senegal, while ranked 270th and 6427th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Dakar

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	Barcelona	Dakar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$7.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$750
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1999
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$846
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$82.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$46.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	8.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$2214
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$1304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$9.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$1.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$7.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$40.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$9.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$58.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$6669

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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 Dakar

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Rufisque	$1046
58 km or 36 mi	Thies	$1052
121 km or 75 mi	Fatick	$998
163 km or 101 mi	Kaolack	$1000
166 km or 103 mi	Louga	$970
171 km or 106 mi	Banjul	$477
174 km or 108 mi	Lamin	$507
177 km or 110 mi	Saint-Louis	$960
185 km or 115 mi	Brikama	$552
266 km or 165 mi	Rosso	$647
271 km or 169 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
340 km or 211 mi	Kolda	$964
378 km or 235 mi	Bissau	$827
404 km or 251 mi	Nouakchott	$675
416 km or 258 mi	Bafata	$804
629 km or 391 mi	Boffa	$998
651 km or 404 mi	Praia	$840
668 km or 415 mi	Assomada	$838
709 km or 441 mi	Conakry	$1061
727 km or 452 mi	Forecariah	$998
757 km or 471 mi	Mamou	$1019
833 km or 518 mi	Freetown	$1346
841 km or 522 mi	Mindelo	$865
978 km or 607 mi	Bo	$1278
1009 km or 627 mi	Kankan	$1007
1023 km or 636 mi	Kenema	$1272
1048 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$569
1051 km or 653 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
1087 km or 675 mi	Banamba	$491
1088 km or 676 mi	Koulikoro	$490
1141 km or 709 mi	Bougouni	$489
1185 km or 736 mi	Monrovia	$523
1197 km or 744 mi	Kakata	$487
1215 km or 755 mi	Segou	$490
1220 km or 758 mi	Nzerekore	$999
1232 km or 766 mi	Markala	$489
1256 km or 781 mi	Yekepa	$487
1258 km or 782 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
1332 km or 828 mi	Sikasso	$499
1413 km or 878 mi	Korhogo	$916