Barcelona vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$1633
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$609
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	98	30
😀 Quality of life	87	36
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.58M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 169% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 2276th and 6965th ($1841 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 115th 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 0.9 months in Leon. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 270th and 7382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Leon

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	Barcelona	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$8.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$615
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$17.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$26.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	11.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$29.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$3.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$2639

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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	$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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704