Barcelona vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	98	92
😀 Quality of life	87	67
🏙️ Population	1.7M	9.21M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 59% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2276th and 4604th ($1841 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Spain and Mexico, respectively. Check Spain vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 270th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Mexico City

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	Barcelona	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804