Cost of living in Barcelona

This page has average prices for basic goods and services to help give you an idea of the cost of living in Barcelona Spain. These prices were recorded on June 2009.

Please note that there are 100 cents in 1 Euro i.e. 100 cents make up 1 Euro.

Basic Entertaining

Espresso Coffee in Coffee shop - 1 Euro - up to 2.5 euros in tourist places

Bottle of beer from supermarket 1 litre 66 cents

Glass of beer from bar – 2.5 euros
Glass of beer in Irish Bar - 5 Euros

Cinema movie Ticket - 5.5 Euros

Grocery Items

Bottle of coke - 2 litre - 1.33 Euros

Bottle of water 1.25 litre from supermarket - 39 cents
Bottle of water 1 litre from tourist area on Ramblas 2.0 Euros

Baguette bread 0.75 c from pattesserie

Whole milk - 56 c per litre

12 Eggs - 1.59 Euros

Margarine – 1.88 euro for 500g

Produce
Potatoes 69 C / kilo
Bananas 1.55 Euros / kilo
Iceberg lettuce 1.30 Euros each

Tobacco
Cigarettes we can't give prices for all brands but the price varies between 21 to 26 Euros per 10 x 20 pack of cigarettes depending on what brand and where you buy them e.g

Box of 10 x 20 Marlboro light cigarettes 25.50 Euros
Box of 10 x 20 Lucky Strike cigarettes - 23.00 Euros

Misc Grocery Products
Coffee – 0.99 for 250g vacuum packed ground coffee
White Sugar – 95 cents for 1 kg
Corn flakes 75 cents per 500 g
Tomatoes 1.98 per kilo
Facial tissue – 2.65 Euros per pack
Orange juice 1.79 Euros per 1.5 litre
Soft drink – Coke Cola 1.33 Euros per 2 litres

Home Expenses
Electricity - 100 KW h of electricity inclusive IVA and service charges = 12.70 Euros
Water - 20 Euros for 10 m3 of water.
Telephone - monthly line rental 12 Euros
ADSL internet with Telefonica - 40 Euros per month
(First year, you need to stay with the company for one year, after 12 months it costs about 60 euros.)

Transportation
T10 Metro Ticket - 10 journeys - 7.70 Euros
Taxi 5 Euros for 10 mins taxi ride.

Gasoline/Petrol

Regular unleaded petrol is 95cents / litre

Miscellaneous goods and services
Hamburger sandwich - 2 Euros for a Mc Donald's big mac
Pizza - vegetarian 8.00 Euros in restaurant

Haircuts Men's - wash, cut and blow - 12.50 Euros

Toothpaste - 1.99 Euros per tube

The prices quoted above are representative of standard consumable items in Barcelona and may be used as a rough comparison against the price of items in your own country. You can also use our currency converter to calculate how much these are in your own currency. Click here for our currency converter for cost of living in Barcelona comparisons.

Related Pages

Basic travel facts about Barcelona
Part II of our Basic Facts includes summary of Spanish Politics
Part III cost of living in Barcelona (This page)
Shopping in Barcelona
Tax Free Shopping
Currency Converter

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