Barcelona vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$2695
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	98	98
😀 Quality of life	87	93
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.97M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 0.2% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 2276th and 2270th ($1841 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Spain and Austria, respectively. Check Spain vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 270th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Vienna

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	Barcelona	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987