Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Netherlands
  3. Spain
  4. Comparison
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Spain is 27.9% cheaper than Netherlands.

If you lived in Spain instead of Netherlands, you would:
local_dining

pay 27.3% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $18.00
€15.78
$11.93
€10.46
-33.7%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $9.48
€8.31
$8.52
€7.48
-10.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.78
€2.44
$2.04
€1.79
-26.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $2.20
€1.93
$1.34
€1.18
-39.0%
Average -27.3%
Netherlands vs. Spain - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 12.4% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.97
€1.73
$1.18
€1.03
-40.3%
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.29
€5.52
$5.79
€5.08
-8.0%
Milk (1 gallon) $4.08
€3.58
$3.50
€3.07
-14.1%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.48
€2.18
$2.18
€1.91
-12.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $4.11
€3.60
$3.06
€2.68
-25.6%
Apples (1 lb) $1.02
€0.89
$0.89
€0.78
-12.7%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.79
€0.69
$0.87
€0.77
+10.5%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.75
€0.65
$0.77
€0.68
+3.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $1.13
€0.99
$0.90
€0.79
-20.1%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.72
€0.63
$0.64
€0.56
-10.7%
Onions (1 lb) $0.67
€0.59
$0.62
€0.54
-7.1%
Average -12.4%
Netherlands vs. Spain - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 38.1% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.32
€6.42
$5.69
€4.99
-22.2%
Monthly public transit pass $113.35
€99.40
$43.27
€37.94
-61.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $28,882.76
€25,327.33
$22,549.28
€19,773.49
-21.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $27.05
€23.72
$14.44
€12.66
-46.6%
Average -38.1%
Netherlands vs. Spain - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 25.4% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $46.40
€40.69
$48.68
€42.69
+4.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,123.88
€985.54
$678.70
€595.16
-39.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $911.17
€799.00
$544.01
€477.04
-40.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $143.31
€125.67
$105.32
€92.35
-26.5%
Average -25.4%
Netherlands vs. Spain - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 36.8% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,640.97
€1,438.96
$354.31
€310.70
-78.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,099.99
€7,102.89
$8,493.19
€7,447.68
+4.9%
Average -36.8%
Netherlands vs. Spain - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 28.5% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.86
€4.26
$2.63
€2.31
-45.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.31
€2.90
$1.86
€1.63
-43.8%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $8.98
€7.88
$5.83
€5.11
-35.1%
Monthly membership at local gym $38.74
€33.97
$44.43
€38.96
+14.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $13.40
€11.75
$9.03
€7.92
-32.6%
Average -28.5%
Netherlands vs. Spain - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 26.6% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $98.79
€86.63
$76.64
€67.20
-22.4%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $45.15
€39.59
$33.66
€29.52
-25.4%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $107.62
€94.37
$77.42
€67.89
-28.1%
Men's business shoes (leather) $140.54
€123.24
$97.61
€85.59
-30.5%
Average -26.6%
Netherlands vs. Spain - Cost of clothing
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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2021
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