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How much does a trip to Barcelona cost?

What a trip to Barcelona costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.

Food, getting around and sights in Barcelona come to €71.00 – €97.00 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

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Your trip

How much money you still need

Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.

6 nights

Counted at the child fares each operator publishes.

Travel style

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

Accommodation

We have no sample of hotel prices for this city yet, so we will not guess one. Type what you have seen and the lodging tax is worked out from it.

Adjust accommodation, food and the rest

In local currency. We do not estimate this: nobody knows what you will buy.

Already paid for

You still need, flights aside

€1,000 – €1,400

≈ $1,100 – $1,600 · rate of October 6, 2026

€73.00 – €98.00 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people

Expected
€1,000 – €1,400
Most trips land in here
Set aside
€1,400
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
€120
10% of the trip
  • Food€570 – €810
  • Getting around€73 – €240
  • Airport, both ways€24.00
  • Sights and activities€170 – €360
  • Lodging tax and odds and ends€41.00 – €71.00

Of that, in cash: €230 – €480

The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.

  • Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
  • Flights are not included.
  • You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles

What a day in Barcelona costs, by how you travel

Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.

Budget

€42.00 – €61.00 per person per day

Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

FoodLocal and cheap
€22.00 – €35.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
€5.20 – €17.00
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
€6.00 – €13.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€1.70 – €3.30

Mid-range

€71.00 – €97.00 per person per day

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

FoodMixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
€41.00 – €58.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
€5.20 – €17.00
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
€12.00 – €26.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€2.90 – €5.10

Comfort

€110 – €150 per person per day

The best food level we can price, a taxi when it helps, two paid sights a day.

FoodRestaurants most of the time
€61.00 – €80.00
Getting aroundPublic transport, and a taxi now and then
€7.30 – €19.00
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
€24.00 – €52.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€4.60 – €7.60

A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.

By length of trip

How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in Barcelona

Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights. It is not the daily figure times the days: airport transfers are paid once, so they weigh less the longer you stay.

DaysBudgetMid-rangeComfort
3€140 – €200
€46.00 – €65.00 a day
€220 – €300
€75 – €100 a day
€340 – €450
€110 – €150 a day
5€220 – €320
€45.00 – €64.00 a day
€370 – €490
€73.00 – €99.00 a day
€560 – €740
€110 – €150 a day
7€310 – €440
€44.00 – €63.00 a day
€510 – €690
€73.00 – €98.00 a day
€780 – €1,000
€110 – €150 a day
10€430 – €620
€43.00 – €62.00 a day
€720 – €980
€72.00 – €98.00 a day
€1,100 – €1,500
€110 – €150 a day
14€600 – €870
€43.00 – €62.00 a day
€1,000 – €1,400
€72.00 – €97.00 a day
€1,500 – €2,100
€110 – €150 a day

Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.

Prices

What things cost in Barcelona

Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.

WhatPriceSource
Eating and drinking
Montadito (small open sandwich) with Teruel ham, La Esquinica€2.60From the source Oct 2026
Ham croquetas, four, La Esquinica€4.40From the source Oct 2026
Pincho de tortilla (slice of potato omelette), La Esquinica€4.65From the source Oct 2026
Patatas bravas, La Esquinica€4.95From the source Oct 2026
Ensaladilla rusa (potato salad), La Esquinica€5.55From the source Oct 2026
Padrón peppers, La Esquinica€6.25From the source Oct 2026
Callos (tripe stew), La Esquinica€6.35From the source Oct 2026
Fried squid rings, La Esquinica€9.75From the source Oct 2026
Espresso, 7 Portes€2.50From the source Oct 2026
Café con leche (white coffee), 7 Portes€3.20From the source Oct 2026
Mediterranean green salad, 7 Portes€12.00From the source Oct 2026
Chicken and ham croquetas, 7 Portes€14.00From the source Oct 2026
Escalivada (roasted vegetables), 7 Portes€16.50From the source Oct 2026
Catalan cannelloni, 7 Portes€17.50From the source Oct 2026
Veal escalope with fries, 7 Portes€22.00From the source Oct 2026
Vegetable and meat paella, 7 Portes€22.80From the source Oct 2026
Black rice (with squid ink), 7 Portes€24.00From the source Oct 2026
Set menu: starter, main and dessert, water included, Els 4Gats€29.00From the source Oct 2026
Getting around
One trip on the 1-zone T-casual (€13 for ten)€1.30From the source Oct 2026
Single ticket (metro, bus, Montjuïc funicular)€2.90From the source Oct 2026
T-casual, 10 trips, 1 zone€13.00From the source Oct 2026
Hola Barcelona Travel Card, 24 hours (airport metro included)€12.50From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, flag fall (tariff 1, weekdays 8 am to 8 pm)€2.80From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, per km (tariff 1)€1.35From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, 4 km by day on the meter (no waiting or supplements)€8.20From the source Oct 2026
Metro airport ticket (L9 Sud, Aeroport T1 and T2)€5.90From the source Oct 2026
Sights
Picasso Museum (online – at the ticket office)€12.00 – €13.00From the source Oct 2026
Park Güell, general admission€18.00From the source Oct 2026
Sagrada Família, basic ticket (with audio guide app)€26.00From the source Oct 2026

From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.

What each food level is made of

A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.

Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters
From Montadito (small open sandwich) with Teruel ham, La Esquinica + Pincho de tortilla (slice of potato omelette), La Esquinica (€7.25) to Patatas bravas, La Esquinica + Ham croquetas, four, La Esquinica + Pincho de tortilla (slice of potato omelette), La Esquinica (€14.00).
Local and cheap
From Espresso, 7 Portes + Patatas bravas, La Esquinica + Ham croquetas, four, La Esquinica + Ensaladilla rusa (potato salad), La Esquinica + Pincho de tortilla (slice of potato omelette), La Esquinica (€22.05) to Café con leche (white coffee), 7 Portes + Patatas bravas, La Esquinica + Fried squid rings, La Esquinica + Ham croquetas, four, La Esquinica + Callos (tripe stew), La Esquinica + Padrón peppers, La Esquinica (€34.90).
Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
From Espresso, 7 Portes + Patatas bravas, La Esquinica + Ham croquetas, four, La Esquinica + Set menu: starter, main and dessert, water included, Els 4Gats (€40.85) to Café con leche (white coffee), 7 Portes + Patatas bravas, La Esquinica + Fried squid rings, La Esquinica + Catalan cannelloni, 7 Portes + Vegetable and meat paella, 7 Portes (€58.20).
Restaurants most of the time
From Espresso, 7 Portes + Set menu: starter, main and dessert, water included, Els 4Gats + Mediterranean green salad, 7 Portes + Catalan cannelloni, 7 Portes (€61.00) to Café con leche (white coffee), 7 Portes + Chicken and ham croquetas, 7 Portes + Black rice (with squid ink), 7 Portes + Escalivada (roasted vegetables), 7 Portes + Veal escalope with fries, 7 Portes (€79.70).
Getting around

Which ticket pays off

A pass is only cheaper past a certain number of rides. This is that number, worked out from the published fares.

  • 1-day pass at €12.50: it pays off from 10 rides a day at €1.30 each.

A pass only counts on the lines it covers. Check which ones before you buy.

Accommodation

What the night costs, and the tax on top

There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.

Lodging tax

  • From April 1, 2026

    • Five stars: €12.00 per person per night
    • Holiday apartment or short let: €9.50 per person per night
    • Four stars: €8.40 per person per night
    • Three stars or fewer, guesthouses and the rest: €7.00 per person per night
    • Hostel: €6.00 per person per night
    • Only the first 7 nights are charged.
    • Under-17s don't pay.

Which area to stay in Barcelona: the neighbourhood comparison

Saving

What saves money in Barcelona, and what does not

Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.

What saves

  • Eating “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: €20.00 – €22.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner”: €19.00 – €23.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters” instead of “Local and cheap”: €15.00 – €21.00 less per person per day.
  • “Ham croquetas, four, La Esquinica” (€4.40) instead of “Chicken and ham croquetas, 7 Portes” (€14.00): €9.60 less each time.

What does not

  • The 1-day pass (€12.50) on fewer than 10 rides of €1.30 a day: it costs more than paying for each ticket.
Questions

Questions about money in Barcelona

How much money do you need for a week in Barcelona?

For seven days, €510 – €690 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

How much money do you need for 3 days in Barcelona?

For 3 days, €220 – €300 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

What is a realistic daily budget in Barcelona?

Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: €42.00 – €61.00 on the “Budget” style, €71.00 – €97.00 on the “Mid-range” style, and €110 – €150 on the “Comfort” style.

Can you travel to Barcelona on a budget?

The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: €42.00 – €61.00 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

How much does food cost in Barcelona?

From €7.30 per person per day (“Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters”) to €80.00 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.

How much does transport cost in Barcelona?

A ride on public transport costs €1.30 – €2.90. “Taxi, 4 km by day on the meter (no waiting or supplements)”: €8.20. The 1-day pass costs €12.50 and pays off from 10 rides a day at €1.30 each.

Is there a lodging tax in Barcelona?

Yes: €6.00 – €12.00 per person per night, depending on the category of the accommodation. Only the first 7 nights are charged. Under-17s don't pay.

How much cash should you carry in Barcelona?

For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about €110 – €240 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.

Is it better to use cash or card in Barcelona?

By card: in general.

Do you tip in Barcelona?

Restaurants: customary. Bars and cafés: customary. Hotels: customary. Taxis: customary.

Sources

Where every figure comes from

Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

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