Barcelona vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$822
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	22
😀 Quality of life	87	58
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.96M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 76% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 2276th and 5176th ($1841 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 12th in Spain and Mexico, respectively. Check Spain vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 270th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Tijuana

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	Barcelona	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$4.13
🥤 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	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677