Barcelona vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barcelona	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2087	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4665	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1268	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2065	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$498	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2248	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	98	94
😀 Quality of life	90	85
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.86M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 6% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1764th and 2069th ($2087 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 months in Warsaw. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 229th and 444th 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	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.75	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1373	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1063	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2298	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6508	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4968	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.04	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.4	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.9	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15137	$15871

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1746
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2170
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1603
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1557
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1687
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1598
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1590
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1610
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1575
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1408
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1200
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1192
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1322
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1445
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1490
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1229
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1828
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1374
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1468
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1930
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1608
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1216
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1157
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1501
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1632
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1158
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1555
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1212
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1239
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1657
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1457
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1531
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1363
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2804
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1593
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1318
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1703

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349