Barcelona vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barcelona	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1887	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$1118	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$1805	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$475	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2221	$740
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	98	90
😀 Quality of life	88	68
🏙️ Population	1.66M	9.21M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 59% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2198th and 4630th ($1887 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 6th in Spain and Mexico, respectively. Check Spain vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 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 238th and 3360th 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	$16.1	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2081	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.6	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6469	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4528	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.2	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.07	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.7	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$652	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11932	$8550

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1914
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1511
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1473
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1573
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1577
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1507
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1507
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1321
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1105
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1134
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1259
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1240
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1571
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1485
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1309
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1688
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1245
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1391
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1783
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1499
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1177
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1094
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1344
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1548
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1209
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1456
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1244
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1551
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1439
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1274
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2685
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1531
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1581

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709