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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Madrid, a month

£1,250 to £1,450 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

RentA 45 square metre flat at the asking rate: EUR 22.40 a square metre in Arganzuela to EUR 26.10 in Centro. EUR 1,008 to 1,175
£849 to £990
A deskCoworking desk, a month: La Industrial flexible desk from EUR 125 to a fixed desk from EUR 200, from a listing site. EUR 125 to 200
£105 to £169
Weekday lunchesMenu del dia, the Comunidad de Madrid average, EUR 14.50 each, 22 working days
£269
Getting aroundAbono Transporte zone A monthly pass, ages 26 to 64, discounted through 2026. EUR 32.70
£28

Spain's International telework visa asks for about £2,060 to £2,400 a month in income. Check your own case

The Madrid guideCompare every city

What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.