Cost of Living Guide

City comparison

Cost of living in Barcelona vs Tbilisi

One person needs about €2,105 a month in Barcelona and €884 in Tbilisi, rent included — Tbilisi is 58% cheaper overall.

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Barcelona
Spain · 1.6M pop
vs
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Tbilisi
Georgia · 1.2M pop
Monthly rent (1BR)
€1,450€520
64% cheaper
Groceries / mo
€320€190
41% cheaper
Eating out (meal)
€14€8
43% cheaper
Internet (100mbps)
€38€20
47% cheaper
Avg salary (tech)
€2,800€1,500
46% lower
Coworking / mo
€200€90
55% cheaper
BarcelonaTbilisi
Rent€1,450€520
Groceries€320€190
Transport€75€15
Utilities€110€75

Salary you'd need to keep the same lifestyle

Enter your current net monthly pay. We scale it by the full cost basket — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, eating out and internet.

To live in Tbilisi the way you live in Barcelona on €3,000, you need

€1,260/ month net

58% less than today (-€1,740)

Barcelona today
Basket €2,105 · left over €895 (30%)
Tbilisi at the matched salary
Basket €884 · left over €376 (30%)

Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 170% over in Tbilisi (comfortable) vs 133% in Barcelona. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this

🇪🇸 Barcelona

Beach-and-metro city with the deepest startup scene in southern Europe — and rents that now reflect it.

Monthly budget: €2,105

Sources: INE Spain + Eurostat, HICP & Encuesta de arrendamientos (2025) · 412 community reports

🇬🇪 Tbilisi

One-year visa-free stays and the lowest cost base of any city we track in the region.

Monthly budget: €884

Sources: Geostat, CPI & average wages survey (2025) · 143 community reports

Should you move to Barcelona or Tbilisi?

On salary, Barcelona pays more for tech roles (€2,800 versus €1,500 a month), so the money left over after costs is €695 in Barcelona at the top end.

Rent drives most of the gap: €1,450 in Barcelona against €520 in Tbilisi. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.

For remote workers, the nomad index scores Barcelona at 81 and Tbilisi at 72 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.

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