Barcelona vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barcelona	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1887	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$1118	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1805	$1064
🍽️ Food expenses	$475	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2221	$2198
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	98	100
😀 Quality of life	88	79
🏙️ Population	1.66M	594K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 79% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2198th and 5234th ($1887 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 362nd in Spain and Japan, respectively. Check Spain vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 2.1 months in Kawaguchi. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 238th and 584th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Barcelona vs Kawaguchi infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/barcelona/kawaguchi.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Barcelona vs Kawaguchi infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/barcelona/kawaguchi" target="_blank">Barcelona vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Barcelona vs Kawaguchi

Prices for goods and services in Barcelona and Kawaguchi are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Barcelona	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$4.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2081	$1103
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$830
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$95.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.6	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	1.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6469	$6874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4528	$4013
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$67.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.2	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.07	$4.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$57.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$19.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.7	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$60.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$652	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11932	$12607

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1914
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1511
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1473
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1573
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1577
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1507
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1507
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1321
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1105
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1134
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1259
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1240
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1571
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1485
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1309
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1688
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1245
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1391
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1783
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1499
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1177
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1094
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1344
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1548
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1209
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1456
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1244
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1551
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1439
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1274
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2685
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1531
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1581

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095