Manresa
- Population
- 76,000
- Coordinates
- 41.73Β° N, 1.82Β° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Madrid
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,419 a month in Manresa, rent included: 76% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,001 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Manresa; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%74
- Safetycountry20%56
- Health carecountry15%63
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%59
- Connectivitycountry10%62
- Cost10%56
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Spain
- #61
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,463
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Manresa | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $9.18 | $25.00 | β63% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $34.44 | $140 | β75% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $8.04 | $14.00 | β43% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.30 | $8.00 | β71% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.30 | $10.00 | β77% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $1.87 | $6.37 | β71% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.12 | $3.80 | β44% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.24 | $2.89 | β57% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.14 | $1.36 | β16% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.26 | $4.68 | β73% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $0.98 | $6.97 | β86% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.09 | $5.73 | β46% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $11.48 | $17.38 | β34% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $8.30 | $15.11 | β45% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $9.18 | $17.77 | β48% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $1.95 | $6.11 | β68% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.84 | $2.20 | β16% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.66 | $5.77 | β71% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.51 | $6.25 | β60% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.15 | $3.47 | β67% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.38 | $4.17 | β67% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.38 | $2.72 | β49% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.34 | $2.50 | β86% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $5.74 | $20.00 | β71% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $0.69 | $3.21 | β79% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $0.92 | $3.96 | β77% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $5.74 | $19.00 | β70% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $2.30 | $3.00 | β23% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $22.96 | $140 | β84% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | β | $3.00 | β |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | β | $2.18 | β |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $14.92 | $42.00 | β64% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.72 | $1.10 | +56% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $39,696 | $35,458 | +12% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $32,123 | $25,309 | +27% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $13.78 | $73.50 | β81% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $25.83 | $71.93 | β64% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $48.79 | $126 | β61% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $7.46 | $23.00 | β68% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $574 | $3,366 | β83% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $10,282 | $60,589 | β83% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $65.05 | $72.80 | β11% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $21.81 | $53.22 | β59% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $115 | $118 | β3% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $161 | $125 | +29% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $804 | $4,417 | β82% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $488 | $3,033 | β84% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,148 | $9,242 | β88% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,033 | $5,461 | β81% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $1,607 | $18,759 | β91% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $1,263 | $6,523 | β81% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $2,001 | $5,178 | β61% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.30% | 6.49% | β3.2 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | $804 | $2,001 |
| Jul 2026 | β | β | β |
| May 2026 | β | β | β |
| Feb 2026 | 42.6 | $826 | $2,057 |
| Jan 2026 | 42.4 | $823 | $2,049 |
| May 2025 | 50.7 | $783 | $1,950 |
| Apr 2025 | 51.7 | $796 | $1,983 |
| Mar 2025 | 49.6 | $758 | $1,889 |
| Feb 2025 | 49.0 | $726 | $1,809 |
| Jan 2025 | 49.1 | $727 | $1,811 |
| Dec 2024 | 49.4 | $728 | $1,814 |
| Nov 2024 | 51.0 | $751 | $1,870 |
| Oct 2024 | 51.6 | $759 | $1,891 |
| Sep 2024 | 42.5 | $778 | $1,937 |
| Aug 2024 | 40.9 | $758 | $1,887 |
| Jul 2024 | 41.2 | $750 | $1,868 |
| Jun 2024 | 41.6 | $757 | $1,886 |
| May 2024 | 41.2 | $749 | $1,866 |
| Apr 2024 | 41.6 | $756 | $1,883 |
| Mar 2024 | 41.8 | $760 | $1,892 |
| Feb 2024 | 47.0 | $758 | $1,897 |
| Jan 2024 | 53.6 | $774 | $1,937 |
| Dec 2023 | 52.4 | $548 | $1,920 |
| Nov 2023 | 50.3 | $530 | $1,857 |
| Oct 2023 | 49.9 | $529 | $1,854 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Spain's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Manresa yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Manresa. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Manresa on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Manresa yet.
- Annual mean
- β
- Warmest month
- β
- Coldest month
- β
- Rain a year
- β
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- β
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- β
- Clear-sky daysA year
- β
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
- β
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Manresa.
Internet
Spain median; city not listed- Upload
- 208Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 84Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 34ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 3.6Years of income, 90 mΒ² flat
- Price to rent
- 10.1Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 9.9%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- β20-year fixed
- 80 mΒ² in the centre
- 5.4Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Manresa
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 10Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 93%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026