Barcelona vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	98	24
😀 Quality of life	87	39
🏙️ Population	1.7M	6.56M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 211% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2276th and 7740th ($1841 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 270th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Shaoyang

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	Barcelona	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600