Barcelona vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barcelona	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1887	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$2477
🏠 One person rent	$1118	$324
🏘️ Family rent	$1805	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$475	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2221	$1084
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	98	93
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	1.66M	2.33M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 117% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 2198th and 6227th ($1887 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 6th in Spain and Taiwan, respectively. Check Spain vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Taoyuan ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 238th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Taoyuan

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	Barcelona	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$4.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$336
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2081	$831
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$563
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$69.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.6	$16.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6469	$7902
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4528	$4753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$8.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$3.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$8.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.2	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.07	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$7.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$9.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.7	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$652	$531
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11932	$13630

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$828
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$864
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1060
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1158
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$698
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$745
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1028
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$931
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$841
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$818
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$761
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$707
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$661
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$841
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$801
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$683
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$666
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$654
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$821
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$807
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$719
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$776
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$673
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$712
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$642
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$719
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$713
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$702
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$643
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$592
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$605
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$731
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$708
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$633
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$691