City comparison
Cost of living in Kraków vs Barcelona
One person needs about €1,260 a month in Kraków and €2,105 in Barcelona, rent included — Kraków is 67% cheaper overall.
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 Barcelona the way you live in Kraków on €3,000, you need
€5,012/ month net
67% more than today (+€2,012)
- Kraków today
- Basket €1,260 · left over €1,740 (58%)
- Barcelona at the matched salary
- Basket €2,105 · left over €2,907 (58%)
Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 133% over in Barcelona (adequate) vs 222% in Kraków. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this
🇵🇱 Kraków
Warsaw salaries in a smaller, cheaper, prettier city.
Monthly budget: €1,260
Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports
🇪🇸 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
Should you move to Kraków or Barcelona?
On salary, Kraków pays more for tech roles (€2,800 versus €2,800 a month), so the money left over after costs is €1,540 in Kraków at the top end.
Rent drives most of the gap: €780 in Kraków against €1,450 in Barcelona. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.
For remote workers, the nomad index scores Kraków at 81 and Barcelona at 81 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.