Barcelona vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Barcelona	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2129	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4730	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1308	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2082	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2324	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	98	94
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.73M	1.86M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 8% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1659th and 2081st ($2129 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Spain and Poland, respectively. Check Spain vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 174th and 335th 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	$17.3	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.8	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1418	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1098	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2417	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1738	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.04%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7636	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5246	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.07	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.7	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.84	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.71	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.1	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.48	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.3	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.6	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$866	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16301	$15882

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1773
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2084
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1626
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1586
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1660
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1538
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1367
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1588
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1584
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1455
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1145
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1142
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1344
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1524
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1749
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1506
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1245
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1836
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1830
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1328
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1494
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$2017
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1628
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1202
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1166
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1474
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1658
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1183
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1596
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1271
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1709
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1436
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1558
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1408
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2775
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1644
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1351
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1812

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445