Barcelona vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barcelona	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1887	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$1118	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$1805	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$475	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2221	$679
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	98	24
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	1.66M	7.82M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 143% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2198th and 6542nd ($1887 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 43rd 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 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 238th and 7163rd 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	$16.1	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2081	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.6	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6469	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4528	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.2	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.07	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.7	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$652	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11932	$18304

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542