Barcelona vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$800
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	98	20
😀 Quality of life	87	41
🏙️ Population	1.7M	6.44M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 174% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 2276th and 7052nd ($1841 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 270th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Shangrao

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	Barcelona	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$31722

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621