Madrid vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Madrid	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1889	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4256	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1111	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1849	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	98	96
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	3.33M	13M

The cost of living in Madrid is 76% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2194th and 5091st ($1889 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Spain and Russia, respectively. Check Spain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Madrid compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Madrid ranked 1st best city to live in Spain vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 149th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Madrid vs Moscow

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	Madrid	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.7	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.18	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1256	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$911	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2211	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.1	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.68%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6496	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4015	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.47	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.16	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.3	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.1	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$585	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10462	$11652

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Cities near Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1776
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1567
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1526
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1592
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1471
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1396
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1444
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1122
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1289
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1333
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1162
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1259
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1287
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1262
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1127
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$974
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1169
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1260
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1220
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1037
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1217
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1317
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$1016
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$1019
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1314
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1316
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1461
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1186
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1600
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1337
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$1013
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1258
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1165
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1271
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$863
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1284
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1260
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1581

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541