The most expensive loaf of bread and a liter of milk and the cheapest beer. That’s the interesting fact of Alicante, according to a report comparing the cost of living in all of Spain’s provincial capitals. According to the results, while people in the city of Alicante pay higher than the average in terms of housing, gas and transportation, the opposite picture emerges in terms of taxes, insurance and gas.
The aforementioned report has been prepared by the Kelisto savings site, Analyzes how much consumers have to spend to access the same products and services in 50 state capitals, as in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. For each, 17 products and services were examined from six categories, such as housing (purchase and rental), taxes (IBI, circulation and garbage rate), household bills (home insurance, car, electricity and gas), public. and private transportation (the price of a single bus ticket, taxi and gas), shopping (cost of a shopping cart, a loaf of bread and a liter of milk) and entertainment (the price of a movie ticket and a glass of beer).
The analysis also took into account the average income per household. In this sense, in order to determine which provinces are the most expensive and cheapest, the difference is calculated for all variables and for all municipalities according to the country average. AND The results for Alicante are extremely intriguing..
With regard to the shopping cart as a whole, the analysis concludes that it is cheaper than the national average, notably by 2.3%.. The odd thing happens when it comes to analyzing certain issues, as it’s not surprising that two basic products, a loaf of bread and a liter of milk, cost 6.8% and 3.3%, respectively, and beer 10.7% more. cheaper.
However, when analyzing It is the house that stands out the most in the sections where the people of Alicante have to scratch their pockets above the average.. Especially after rent, which is 22.8% more expensive, hit all-time highs this year due to a lack of supply. In fact, Alicante is the seventh city where it is more prohibited to enter a rental. It is more expensive to buy, although not at a very high level, as the difference is only 0.6%.
Other departments where Alicante is above the national average are both public and private transport-related departments.. Going no further, bus tickets are 15.8% more expensive here, making it the sixth most expensive city in this region, and taxi fares are then 12.7%. And especially considering that fuels are 2.5% more expensive, the use of private vehicles is not beneficial.
leisure time, Going to the movies is more of a loss than in many other state capitals., given that the entries are 9.10% above the national average. Another consumer product that is more burdensome in the domestic sphere is electricity, whose rate is slightly higher, especially at 0.3%.
However, Kelsto’s report also has a friendlier side, as services and products are cheaper in Alicante than on average for all state capitals. Starting with taxes and more specifically urban waste collection rate that is at least 68.4% cheaper, placing the city in the second cheapest place in this segment. Property Tax (IBI) is also 22.2% cheaper and Mechanical Traction Vehicles Tax is in this case 1.9% cheaper.
The fuse moves in the same line. Without further progress, that of the house is 2.8% below the national average, while that of the car is 2.7%.
One of the products that takes the cake because it is more affordable is gas.because it is 21.3% below what was paid in the government account.
Average income per household
Finally, the study highlights that the average income per household in the city is 26,274 euros, placing it at the bottom of the analyzed municipalities, notably 47th.
Considering the costs of all analyzed services and products, The report places Alicante at 33rd in the ranking of the most expensive state capitals to live in.with a balance of 3.4 points below the national average.
Regarding the other two capitals of the community, Valencia is the seventh most expensive capital city, 18.8 points above the average, while Castellón ranks 23rd, 1.17 points below the average.
Globally, San Sebastián has a cost of living 33.44% higher than the national average; Barcelona with 26.76%; and Madrid are the most expensive cities to live in, at 16.18%.. On the other hand, at a cost of 1.44% below average, Lugo; Palencia with 13.85%; and Zamora are the cheapest with 11.38%.
The report highlights that the most expensive prices for renting houses by department correspond to San Sebastián, Barcelona and Madrid.and the cheapest to Zamora and Jaén. Barcelona and Madrid top the list for rentals, with Lugo, Teruel, Cáceres Zamora and Orense closing the list.
Regarding taxes, the most expensive IBI in Soria, Tarragona and Lleidaand the cheapest are in Pamplona and Vitoria. San Sebastián once again takes the lead in road tax, followed by Barcelona, Ceuta, Ciudad Real and Granada, while Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Melilla are the cheapest. San Sebastián and Girona are at the top, Alicante and Soria at the bottom.
in the shopping cart, the most expensive liter of milk is in San Sebastián and the cheapest is in Albacete. In loaf bread, San Sebastián and Palma de Mallorca rank first, while Toledo and Almería rank last. When it comes to enjoying a pitcher of beer, the city with the highest prices is Almeria, and the city with the cheapest is Ávila.
The highest bus tickets are in Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca, and the cheapest are in Lugo, Ceuta and Ourense, and the taxi fare reaches the maximum in San Sebastián and Teruel, and the minimum in Lugo and Zaragoza.
Estefanía González, Kelisto’s spokesperson, said:The analysis shows that the most expensive cities tend to be the ones with the highest salaries in the country.we also see stereotypes that living in the north is more expensive than in the south, or that living in small capitals is cheaper ».