Barcelona vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2403
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$809
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$288
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$1383
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	98	72
😀 Quality of life	87	57
🏙️ Population	1.7M	4.43M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 85% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 2276th and 5539th ($1841 vs $993) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Spain and South Africa, respectively. Check Spain vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.4 months in Johannesburg. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 270th and 5667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Johannesburg

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	Barcelona	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$9.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	11.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$1031
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$684
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$9.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$5.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$6.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$7.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$214
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$5271

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003