Cost of living comparison
Barcelona is 16.8% cheaper than Miami.
If you lived in Barcelona instead of Miami, you would:
pay 13.5% less for restaurants
Miami
|
Barcelona
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$25.00
|
$15.39
€14.38
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.00
|
$9.90
€9.24
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.21
|
$2.29
€2.13
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.99
|
$1.63
€1.52
|
|
pay 38.6% less for groceries
Miami
|
Barcelona
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.12
|
$1.49
€1.39
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.04
|
$6.29
€5.87
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.41
|
$4.15
€3.87
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.72
|
$2.83
€2.64
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$7.14
|
$3.70
€3.45
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.99
|
$0.98
€0.92
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.88
|
$0.94
€0.88
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.25
|
$0.84
€0.79
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.28
|
$1.08
€1.01
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.65
|
$0.68
€0.63
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.41
|
$0.74
€0.69
|
|
pay 29.3% more for transportation
Miami
|
Barcelona
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.39
|
$7.93
€7.41
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$111.00
|
$43.98
€41.08
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$25,000.00
|
$27,485.14
€25,674.04
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$15.68
|
$20.89
€19.51
|
|
pay 32.0% less for housing
Miami
|
Barcelona
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.57
|
$40.78
€38.10
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$2,676.52
|
$1,192.31
€1,113.74
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,929.22
|
$937.94
€876.14
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$120.39
|
$139.37
€130.18
|
|
pay 47.1% less for childcare
Miami
|
Barcelona
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,000.00
|
$515.64
€481.66
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$21,485.71
|
$11,618.52
€10,852.93
|
|
pay 32.9% less for entertainment and sports
Miami
|
Barcelona
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$6.00
|
$3.30
€3.08
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.52
|
$2.34
€2.18
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.00
|
$5.50
€5.14
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$52.08
|
$49.05
€45.82
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$15.00
|
$9.90
€9.24
|
|
pay 17.3% more for clothing
Miami
|
Barcelona
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$47.75
|
$79.71
€74.46
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$42.18
|
$33.58
€31.37
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$79.74
|
$91.22
€85.21
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$102.69
|
$111.19
€103.87
|
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