Barcelona vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barcelona	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2087	$1849
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4665	$4110
🏠 One person rent	$1268	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$2065	$2063
🍽️ Food expenses	$498	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2248	$3003
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	44
😀 Quality of life	90	82
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.19M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 13% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 1764th and 2509th ($2087 vs $1849) 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 1.6 months in Doha. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 229th and 608th 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	$17	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$55.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$12.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.75	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1373	$1391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1063	$974
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2298	$2548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$62.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$96.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$84.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6508	$5456
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4968	$3618
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$30.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$0.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$2.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$7.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$4.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.04	$5.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$6.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.4	$118
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.9	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$825
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15137	$11426

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1746
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2170
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1603
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1557
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1687
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1598
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1590
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1610
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1575
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1408
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1200
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1192
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1322
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1445
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1490
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1229
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1828
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1374
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1468
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1930
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1608
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1216
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1157
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1501
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1632
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1158
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1555
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1212
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1239
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1657
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1457
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1531
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1363
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2804
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1593
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1318
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1703

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1770
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1201
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1230
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1237
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$908
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1008
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$873
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$930
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1419
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2521
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$530
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$453
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$477
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1449
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$529
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$503
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1228
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1627
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$530
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$463
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$730
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$483
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$549
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$792
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$889