Barcelona vs Lima - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Lima
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$977
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2440
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$407
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$498
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	98	78
😀 Quality of life	87	65
🏙️ Population	1.7M	9.94M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 88% more expensive than in Lima. Cities ranked 2276th and 5647th ($1841 vs $977) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Spain and Peru, respectively. Check Spain vs Peru comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.5 months in Lima. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Lima ranked 1st in Peru, while ranked 270th and 4234th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Lima

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	Barcelona	Lima
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$29
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$943
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$34.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$23.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	10%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$1476
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$1418
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$5.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$9.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$5.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$5.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$7.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$7764

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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 Lima

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Callao	$790
64 km or 40 mi	Huaral	$727
122 km or 76 mi	Huacho	$685
198 km or 123 mi	Huancayo	$562
205 km or 128 mi	Pisco	$614
251 km or 156 mi	Huanuco	$622
265 km or 165 mi	Ica	$656
285 km or 177 mi	Huaraz	$561
329 km or 204 mi	Ayacucho	$598
372 km or 231 mi	Chimbote	$504
483 km or 300 mi	Abancay	$591
489 km or 304 mi	Trujillo	$714
490 km or 304 mi	Pucallpa	$489
567 km or 352 mi	Cajamarca	$549
572 km or 355 mi	Cusco	$626
623 km or 387 mi	Tarapoto	$562
655 km or 407 mi	Chachapoyas	$549
663 km or 412 mi	Chiclayo	$598
685 km or 426 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$580
732 km or 455 mi	Jaen	$548
765 km or 475 mi	Arequipa	$588
838 km or 521 mi	Juliaca	$547
855 km or 531 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
858 km or 533 mi	Piura	$565
866 km or 538 mi	Puno	$520
891 km or 554 mi	Sullana	$505
896 km or 557 mi	Paita	$518
927 km or 576 mi	Loja	$600
952 km or 591 mi	Talara	$513
987 km or 614 mi	Mancora	$505
988 km or 614 mi	Tacna	$414
1014 km or 630 mi	Iquitos	$694
1014 km or 630 mi	Arica	$748
1015 km or 631 mi	Tumbes	$463
1029 km or 639 mi	Machala	$569
1032 km or 642 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1041 km or 647 mi	Cuenca	$758
1073 km or 666 mi	El Alto	$673
1077 km or 669 mi	La Paz	$688
1138 km or 707 mi	Milagro	$697