Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Spain
  3. Madrid
  4. Italy
  5. Comparison
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Madrid is 19.0% cheaper than Italy.

If you lived in Italy instead of Madrid, you would:
local_dining

pay 16.6% more for restaurants

  Madrid help_outline Italy help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $12.31
€10.80
$15.72
€13.79
+27.7%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.84
€6.87
$8.69
€7.62
+10.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.13
€1.87
$2.32
€2.03
+8.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.60
€1.40
$1.11
€0.97
-30.6%
Madrid vs. Italy - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 28.2% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.13
€0.99
$1.76
€1.55
+55.6%
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.45
€4.78
$6.62
€5.80
+21.4%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.43
€3.01
$4.63
€4.06
+35.0%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.72
€1.51
$2.84
€2.49
+64.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $3.14
€2.75
$4.29
€3.76
+36.7%
Apples (1 lb) $0.91
€0.80
$0.90
€0.79
-1.3%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.77
€0.67
$0.85
€0.75
+10.7%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.70
€0.62
$0.88
€0.77
+24.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.82
€0.72
$0.93
€0.82
+12.8%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.51
€0.44
$0.62
€0.54
+22.9%
Onions (1 lb) $0.48
€0.42
$0.64
€0.56
+34.4%
Madrid vs. Italy - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 1.6% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.55
€4.87
$6.48
€5.68
+16.7%
Monthly public transit pass $61.12
€53.59
$41.17
€36.10
-32.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $23,506.23
€20,612.64
$23,149.04
€20,299.42
-1.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $12.48
€10.94
$19.79
€17.35
+58.6%
Madrid vs. Italy - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 39.0% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $47.55
€41.70
$31.10
€27.28
-34.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,005.75
€881.94
$575.47
€504.63
-42.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $750.50
€658.11
$439.40
€385.31
-41.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $113.93
€99.91
$123.32
€108.14
+8.2%
Madrid vs. Italy - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.0 times more for childcare

  Madrid help_outline Italy help_outline  
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $505.34
€443.13
$439.88
€385.73
-13.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,463.22
€7,421.40
$17,733.13
€15,550.20
+109.5%
Madrid vs. Italy - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 20.7% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.36
€2.94
$4.95
€4.34
+47.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.91
€1.67
$1.49
€1.31
-21.9%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $5.60
€4.91
$5.90
€5.17
+5.4%
Monthly membership at local gym $41.34
€36.25
$53.68
€47.07
+29.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $10.07
€8.83
$9.12
€8.00
-9.5%
Madrid vs. Italy - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 14.9% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $78.52
€68.85
$85.59
€75.05
+9.0%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $32.41
€28.42
$35.05
€30.73
+8.1%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $83.07
€72.84
$91.44
€80.19
+10.1%
Men's business shoes (leather) $102.33
€89.74
$128.29
€112.50
+25.4%
Madrid vs. Italy - Cost of clothing
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