Barcelona vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barcelona	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1773	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4086	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1039	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1779	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2149	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	98	96
😀 Quality of life	88	73
🏙️ Population	1.64M	12.5M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 74% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2423rd and 5167th ($1773 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Spain and Russia, respectively. Check Spain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 193rd and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Moscow

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	Barcelona	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.16	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.39	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1095	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$847	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1939	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1488	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.5%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6090	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3928	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.2	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.2	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.65	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.75	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.3	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.4	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12100	$10868

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1571
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1995
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1426
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1400
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1562
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1421
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1443
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1409
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1475
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1478
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1265
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1076
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1418
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1216
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1148
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1333
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1362
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1023
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1593
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1260
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1234
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1710
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1419
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1062
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1112
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1181
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1416
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1087
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1429
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1128
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1147
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1448
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1327
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1364
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1262
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2629
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1458
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1353
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1437

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517