Barcelona vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$264
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	98	96
😀 Quality of life	87	60
🏙️ Population	1.7M	8.69M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 133% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 2276th and 6486th ($1841 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Spain and Iran, respectively. Check Spain vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 270th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Tehran

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	Barcelona	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$1951

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510