Barcelona vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barcelona	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1773	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4086	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$1039	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$1779	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2149	$813
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	98	53
😀 Quality of life	88	53
🏙️ Population	1.64M	8.78M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 157% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2423rd and 6882nd ($1773 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 102nd in Spain and China, respectively. Check Spain vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 193rd and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Quanzhou

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	Barcelona	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.16	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.39	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1095	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$847	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1939	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1488	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.5%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6090	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3928	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.2	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.2	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.65	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.5	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.75	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.3	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.4	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12100	$19406

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083