Barcelona vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$216
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	98	46
😀 Quality of life	87	50
🏙️ Population	1.7M	3M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 262% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 2276th and 8574th ($1841 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 84th in Spain and Iran, respectively. Check Spain vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 270th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Mashhad

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	Barcelona	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$618

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788