Barcelona vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Barcelona	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1773	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4086	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1039	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1779	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2149	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	98	93
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	1.64M	1.86M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 21% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2423rd and 3564th ($1773 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Spain and Poland, respectively. Check Spain vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 193rd and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Warsaw

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	Barcelona	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.16	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.39	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1095	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$847	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1939	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1488	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.5%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6090	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3928	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.2	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.2	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.65	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.5	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.75	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.3	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.4	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12100	$11854

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1571
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1995
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1426
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1400
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1562
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1421
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1443
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1409
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1475
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1478
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1265
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1076
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1418
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1216
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1148
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1333
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1362
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1023
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1593
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1260
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1234
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1710
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1419
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1062
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1112
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1181
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1416
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1087
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1429
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1128
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1147
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1448
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1327
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1364
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1262
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2629
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1458
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1353
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1437

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385