Gold Coast vs Madrid - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Madrid
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$1781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$4027
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$1048
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$1736
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$2294
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	49	98
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	608K	3.42M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 26% more expensive than in Madrid. Cities ranked 1278th and 2443rd ($2239 vs $1781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Australia and Spain, respectively. Check Australia vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.3 months in Madrid. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Madrid ranked 1st in Spain, while ranked 223rd and 151st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Madrid

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	Gold Coast	Madrid
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$4.36
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$1203
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$853
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$1428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$94
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$30.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$6884
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$3988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$2.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$6.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$58.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$80.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$576
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$10042

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1565
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1530
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1433
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1573
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1389
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1309
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1204
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1285
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1084
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1201
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1235
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1212
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1086
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$812
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1098
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1286
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1107
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1209
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1261
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$983
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$947
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1241
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1220
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1316
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1126
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1241
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$930
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1241
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1100
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1324
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1204
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1221
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1522