Madrid vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Madrid	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1781	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4027	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1048	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1736	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2294	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	98	96
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	3.42M	13.1M

The cost of living in Madrid is 43% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2443rd and 4359th ($1781 vs $1244) 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 151st and 1187th 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	$14.7	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.36	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1203	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2092	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1428	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.6	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.59%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6884	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3988	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.4	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.8	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.89	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.62	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.3	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$576	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10042	$12252

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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

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592