Kathmandu vs Madrid - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Madrid
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$1781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$4027
🏠 One person rent	$131	$1048
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$1736
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$2294
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	28	98
😀 Quality of life	46	90
🏙️ Population	846K	3.42M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 76% less expensive than in Madrid. Cities ranked 8918th and 2443rd ($419 vs $1781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Nepal and Spain, respectively. Check Nepal vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 1.3 months in Madrid. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Madrid ranked 1st in Spain, while ranked 6495th and 151st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Madrid

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	Kathmandu	Madrid
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$4.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$1203
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$853
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$1428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$94
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$30.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$6884
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$3988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$6.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$58.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$80.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$576
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$10042

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

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