Barcelona vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barcelona	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1887	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$1118	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$1805	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$475	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2221	$1044
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	98	70
😀 Quality of life	88	67
🏙️ Population	1.66M	12.7M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 85% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2198th and 5553rd ($1887 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 9th 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 1 months in Suzhou. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 238th and 3798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Suzhou

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	Barcelona	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2081	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.6	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6469	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4528	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.2	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.07	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.7	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$652	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11932	$26560

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645