Barcelona vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Barcelona	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2116	$565
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4761	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$1285	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$2102	$426
🍽️ Food expenses	$515	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$21.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2516	$244
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	98	47
😀 Quality of life	90	55
🏙️ Population	1.73M	1.57M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 274% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1722nd and 8262nd ($2116 vs $565) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 38th in Spain and Iran, respectively. Check Spain vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 205th and 6346th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Shiraz

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	Barcelona	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.9	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$3.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1395	$263
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2392	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$18.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.08%	23.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7050	$1077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4924	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.17	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.4	$2.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$1.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.7	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$2.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.49	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.46	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.25	$2.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$18.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$2.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73	$94.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.6	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$777	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16675	$1920

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1812
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2155
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1656
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1603
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1580
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1685
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1473
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1623
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1609
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1478
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1210
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1161
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1367
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1531
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1741
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1550
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1264
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1878
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1877
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1390
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1493
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$2000
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1645
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1230
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1201
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1509
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1659
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1215
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1585
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1267
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1296
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1709
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1471
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1569
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1415
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2879
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1663
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1347
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1797

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$547
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$523
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$541
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$489
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$487
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$545
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$465
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$492
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$479
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$545
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$565
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$364
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$500
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$481
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$476
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$823
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$707
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$556
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1309
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1037
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1192
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1109
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$931
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$546
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1923
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698