Barcelona vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Barcelona	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2116	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4761	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1285	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2102	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$515	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2516	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	98	96
😀 Quality of life	90	72
🏙️ Population	1.73M	13.3M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 34% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1722nd and 3728th ($2116 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 205th and 3206th 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	$17.8	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.9	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1395	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2392	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.08%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7050	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4924	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.17	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.4	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.7	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.49	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.46	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.25	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.6	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$777	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16675	$17546

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1812
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2155
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1656
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1603
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1580
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1685
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1473
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1623
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1609
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1478
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1210
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1161
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1367
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1531
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1741
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1550
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1264
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1878
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1877
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1390
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1493
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$2000
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1645
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1230
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1201
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1509
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1659
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1215
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1585
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1267
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1296
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1709
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1471
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1569
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1415
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2879
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1663
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1347
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1797

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791