Barcelona vs Medellin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Medellin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2260
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$761
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$275
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$133
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$432
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	98	66
😀 Quality of life	87	53
🏙️ Population	1.7M	2.53M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 103% more expensive than in Medellin. Cities ranked 2276th and 6005th ($1841 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Spain and Colombia, respectively. Check Spain vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.5 months in Medellin. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Medellin ranked 2nd in Colombia, while ranked 270th and 6049th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Medellin

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	Barcelona	Medellin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$6.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$1.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$312
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$73.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$22.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$1715
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$1447
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$5.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$5.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$29.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$64
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$5682

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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 Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618