Barcelona vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$1146
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	98	70
😀 Quality of life	87	68
🏙️ Population	1.7M	12.7M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 112% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2276th and 6198th ($1841 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 270th and 3351st 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	$15	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613