Barcelona vs Tirana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Tirana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2462
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$807
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$698
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	98	45
😀 Quality of life	87	67
🏙️ Population	1.7M	418K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 81% more expensive than in Tirana. Cities ranked 2276th and 5400th ($1841 vs $1015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Spain and Albania, respectively. Check Spain vs Albania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.7 months in Tirana. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Tirana ranked 1st in Albania, while ranked 270th and 3525th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Tirana

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	Barcelona	Tirana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$9.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$45.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1004
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$605
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$68.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	5.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$3096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$1560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$2.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$6.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$3.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$8.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$5391

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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 Tirana

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Kamez	$935
30 km or 19 mi	Durres	$772
33 km or 20 mi	Elbasan	$639
70 km or 44 mi	Berat	$749
72 km or 45 mi	Fier	$614
83 km or 52 mi	Ulcinj	$965
85 km or 53 mi	Ohrid	$636
86 km or 54 mi	Shkoder	$679
102 km or 63 mi	Vlore	$746
104 km or 65 mi	Bar	$972
112 km or 70 mi	Korce	$765
122 km or 76 mi	Tetovo	$682
131 km or 81 mi	Bitola	$635
132 km or 82 mi	Podgorica	$975
133 km or 83 mi	Budva	$1117
140 km or 87 mi	Cetinje	$816
141 km or 88 mi	Plav	$1030
145 km or 90 mi	Prilep	$537
150 km or 93 mi	Kotor	$1150
152 km or 95 mi	Skopje	$772
162 km or 100 mi	Sarande	$987
168 km or 105 mi	Veles	$545
169 km or 105 mi	Berane	$1070
175 km or 109 mi	Brindisi	$1164
176 km or 110 mi	Lecce	$1182
181 km or 112 mi	Ptolemaida	$1042
181 km or 113 mi	Kumanovo	$588
182 km or 113 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
183 km or 114 mi	Kavadarci	$556
186 km or 115 mi	Pristina	$595
190 km or 118 mi	Corfu	$1056
192 km or 119 mi	Cavtat	$1187
193 km or 120 mi	Mitrovica	$463
199 km or 124 mi	Ostuni	$1199
201 km or 125 mi	Kozani	$943
202 km or 126 mi	Stip	$561
203 km or 126 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
205 km or 127 mi	Ioannina	$930
210 km or 131 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
219 km or 136 mi	Veria	$1027