Barcelona vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$652
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	98	49
😀 Quality of life	87	57
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.46M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 81% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 2276th and 5385th ($1841 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 15th in Spain and Mexico, respectively. Check Spain vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 270th and 5625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Guadalajara

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	Barcelona	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$5853

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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 Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214