Barcelona vs Mecca - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Mecca
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2659
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$1646
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	68 km
🎓 Higher education	98	42
😀 Quality of life	87	54
🏙️ Population	1.7M	2.43M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 88% more expensive than in Mecca. Cities ranked 2276th and 5632nd ($1841 vs $979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 8th in Spain and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Spain vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.7 months in Mecca. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Mecca ranked 9th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 270th and 5982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Mecca

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	Barcelona	Mecca
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$4.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$260
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$743
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$59.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	4.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$1496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$1212
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$6.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$3.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$103
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$4682

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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 Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1146
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$905
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1215
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$829
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$902
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$910
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$861
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$937
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$961
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$488
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$482
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$486
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$969
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$520
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$846
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$487
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1131
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1006
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$329
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1637
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$546
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$481
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1078
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$335
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$662
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$482
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$342
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$362
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$486
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$336
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$496
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$781
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$381
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$507