Barcelona vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$991
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	98	93
😀 Quality of life	87	66
🏙️ Population	1.7M	9.37M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 195% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2276th and 7405th ($1841 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 160th in Spain and China, respectively. Check Spain vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 270th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Hefei

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	Barcelona	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665