Barcelona vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barcelona	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2087	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4665	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1268	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2065	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$498	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2248	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	98	24
😀 Quality of life	90	44
🏙️ Population	1.7M	7.82M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 249% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1764th and 7835th ($2087 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 183rd in Spain and China, respectively. Check Spain vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 229th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Shangqiu

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	Barcelona	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.75	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1373	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1063	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2298	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6508	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4968	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.04	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.4	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.9	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15137	$17107

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1746
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2170
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1603
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1557
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1687
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1598
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1590
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1610
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1575
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1408
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1200
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1192
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1322
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1445
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1490
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1229
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1828
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1374
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1468
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1930
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1608
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1216
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1157
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1501
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1632
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1158
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1555
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1212
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1239
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1657
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1457
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1531
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1363
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2804
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1593
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1318
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1703

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517