Barcelona vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$2742
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	98	100
😀 Quality of life	87	93
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.8M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 0.9% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 2276th and 2225th ($1841 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 51st in Spain and Canada, respectively. Check Spain vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 270th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Montreal

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	Barcelona	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692