Barcelona vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$925
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	98	49
😀 Quality of life	87	59
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.48M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 80% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 2276th and 5351st ($1841 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 14th in Spain and Mexico, respectively. Check Spain vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 270th and 5375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Zapopan

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	Barcelona	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$5821

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696