Barcelona vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barcelona	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1887	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1118	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1805	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$475	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2221	$1661
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	98	95
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	1.66M	4.04M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 78% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2198th and 5212th ($1887 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Spain and Taiwan, respectively. Check Spain vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 238th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs New Taipei

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	Barcelona	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2081	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.6	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6469	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4528	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.2	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.07	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.7	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$652	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11932	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605