Barcelona vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$1684
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	98	95
😀 Quality of life	87	86
🏙️ Population	1.7M	2.6M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 56% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 2276th and 4534th ($1841 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Spain and Taiwan, respectively. Check Spain vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 270th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Taipei

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	Barcelona	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581