Barcelona vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Barcelona	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2116	$340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4761	$826
🏠 One person rent	$1285	$115
🏘️ Family rent	$2102	$195
🍽️ Food expenses	$515	$139
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$47.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2516	$362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	98	63
😀 Quality of life	90	61
🏙️ Population	1.73M	3.38M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 523% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 1722nd and 9109th ($2116 vs $340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 80th in Spain and India, respectively. Check Spain vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 1.1 months in Lucknow. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 205th and 5852nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Lucknow

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	Barcelona	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$1.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.9	$11
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$3.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$1.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1395	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$67.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2392	$218
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$43.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$7.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.08%	8.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7050	$1222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4924	$593
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.17	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.4	$6.57
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$3.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.7	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$6.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.49	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.46	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.25	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$1.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$2.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$15.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$3.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$2.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.6	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$41.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$777	$39.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16675	$982

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1812
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2155
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1656
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1603
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1580
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1685
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1473
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1623
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1609
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1478
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1210
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1161
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1367
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1531
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1741
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1550
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1264
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1878
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1877
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1390
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1493
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$2000
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1645
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1230
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1201
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1509
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1659
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1215
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1585
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1267
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1296
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1709
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1471
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1569
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1415
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2879
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1663
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1347
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1797

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$314
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$363
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$276
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$287
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$347
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$273
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$267
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$330
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$331
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$375
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$296
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$299
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$283
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$289
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$395
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$319
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$337
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$362
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$382
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$285
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$507
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$301
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$519
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$256
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$308
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$340
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$374
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$412
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$263
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$281
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$282
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$383
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$329
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$284