We just did our quarterly refresh of the numbers on our Cost of Living in Spain page. No surprises that the results haven’t changed: the cost of living in Spain vs USA is significantly cheaper across nearly every category we track and the gap is still wide.
Using our home base of Portland, Oregon compared to Valencia, the average daily cost of living in Spain runs about 37% lower, with groceries nearly 50% lower and restaurant prices over 25% lower.
A few numbers that jumped out to us in this update:
We pull this data from Numbeo and refresh it quarterly, so the comparison reflects current prices rather than numbers from a few years back. The full breakdown covers restaurants, groceries, transportation, utilities, sports and leisure, childcare, rent and mortgage rates side by side in dollars and euros.
If you want to run these numbers against your own current expenses, our US vs Spain Monthly Budget Workbook lets you plug in your own costs and see how they stack up. And if you’re deep into the property search, the Spanish Mortgage Payment Calculator shows what today’s rates mean for your monthly payment.