Barcelona vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$3416
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	45
😀 Quality of life	87	80
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.19M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 3% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 2276th and 2449th ($1841 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Spain and Qatar, respectively. Check Spain vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 270th and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Doha

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	Barcelona	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$11200

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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 Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904