Madrid, Spain, features a wide variety of free time activities. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in business freedom, safety and healthcare.
Madrid is one of the top ten city matches for 6.3% of Teleport users.
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Housing| Large apartment | $1500.00 |
|---|---|
| Medium apartment | $1200.00 |
| Rent index [score] | 0.65 |
| Small apartment | $870.00 |
Cost of Living| 5km taxi ride | $9.10 |
|---|---|
| A Cappuccino | $2.70 |
| A beer | $1.00 |
| A kilogram of Apples | $2.30 |
| Bread | $0.54 |
| Inflation [score] | 0.62 |
| Lunch | $13.00 |
| Monthly fitness club membership | $46.00 |
| Monthly public transport | $71.00 |
| Movie ticket | $11.00 |
| Price of a meal at a restaurant | $68.72 |
Startups| Coworking spaces [score] | 0.61 |
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| Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 72 |
| Meetups [score] | 0.84 |
| Meetups groups | 200 |
| Meetups members | 186186 |
| Number of investors | 137 |
| Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 716 |
| Number of upcoming meetup events | 110 |
| Startup events | 104 |
| Startup events [score] | 0.68 |
| Total number of startups | 1172 |
Venture Capital| Funding accelerator names | Startupbootcamp Madrid, TopSeedsLab |
|---|---|
| Number of funding accelerators | 2 |
| Venture capital [score] | 0.48 |
Travel Connectivity| Airport hub | 158 |
|---|---|
| Airport hub [score] | 0.69 |
| Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.48 |
Commute| Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/Spain/Madrid |
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| Traffic handling [score] | 0.68 |
Business Freedom| Business freedom | 76.00 |
|---|---|
| Business freedom [score] | 0.68 |
| Freedom from corruption | 60.00 |
| Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.59 |
| Lack of labor restrictions | 51.70 |
| Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.30 |
| Time to open a business | 13.00 |
| Time to open a business [score] | 0.86 |
Safety| Crime rate [score] | 0.61 |
|---|---|
| Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 1 |
| Guns per 100 residents | 10 |
| Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.98 |
| Lack of guns [score] | 0.95 |
| Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.97 |
Healthcare| Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Healthcare quality [score] | 0.87 |
| Life expectancy (years) | 82.83 |
| Life expectancy [score] | 0.97 |
Education| Best university in ranking | Autonomous University of Madrid |
|---|---|
| Best university ranking | 375 |
| Country mean scores in PISA math test | 490.84 |
| Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 487.94 |
| Country mean scores in PISA science test | 496.45 |
| PISA math ranking (high school) | 24 |
| PISA ranking | 22 |
| PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.75 |
| PISA reading (high school) | 17 |
| PISA science (high school) | 21 |
| Percent of happy students | 0.85 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.24 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.18 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.16 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.08 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.06 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.05 |
| University quality [score] | 0.11 |
Environmental Quality| Air quality [score] | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Cleanliness [score] | 0.51 |
| Drinking water quality [score] | 0.82 |
| Urban greenery [score] | 0.58 |
Economy| Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 0.85 |
|---|---|
| Currency for urban area | EUR |
| GDP growth rate | 0.01 |
| GDP growth rate [score] | 0.31 |
| GDP per capita | $33711.41 |
| GDP per capita [score] | 0.54 |
Taxation| Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.45 |
|---|---|
| Income tax level [score] | 0.33 |
| Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.49 |
| Time overhead to file company taxes | 152 |
| VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.21 |
Internet Access| Download speed (Mbps) | 34.61 |
|---|---|
| Internet access (download) [score] | 0.51 |
| Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.73 |
| Upload speed (Mbps) | 22.68 |
Leisure & Culture| Art galleries | 78 |
|---|---|
| Art galleries [score] | 0.87 |
| Cinemas | 120 |
| Cinemas [score] | 0.66 |
| Comedy clubs | 72 |
| Comedy clubs [score] | 0.77 |
| Concert venues | 173 |
| Concerts [score] | 0.69 |
| Historical sites | 268 |
| Historical sites [score] | 0.99 |
| Museums | 134 |
| Museums [score] | 0.88 |
| Performing art venues | 142 |
| Performing arts [score] | 0.79 |
| Sport venues | 124 |
| Sports [score] | 0.82 |
| Zoos | 16 |
| Zoos [score] | 0.82 |
Tolerance| Homosexuality acceptance (percent of the surveyed population in favor) | 0.88 |
|---|---|
| LGBT Equality Index | 91.99 |
| LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.94 |
| LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
| LGBT blood donation regulations | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
| LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
| LGBT employment discrimination legality | Sexual orientation only |
| LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, surgery not required |
| LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
| Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.59 |
Outdoors| Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.48 |
|---|---|
| Median peak in meters | 1523.86 |
| Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
| Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
| Urban area elevation (meters) | 663.00 |
| Water access [score] | 0.76 |
Costs of living in Madrid are in the 95th place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
 Monthly fitness club membership | $46 |
|---|---|
 Movie ticket | $11 |
 Broadband internet connection | $35 |
 Monthly public transport | $71 |
 Lunch | $13 |
Software Engineer salaries in Madrid are below average. For this job type, Madrid ranks 178th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Madrid.
The overall crime rate puts Madrid in position 120 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Madrid is Spain's capital and largest city, with 3.3 million citizens. Totally 6.5 million people live in the autonomous community of the same name (Comunidad de Madrid). The city has an impressive cultural and architectural heritage, which includes grand avenues, plazas, buildings and monuments, and world-class art galleries and museums. Madrid is also renowned for gastronomic delights and nightlife lasting up until dawn.
Madrid is located just northeast of the geographical center of the Iberian Peninsula, in the middle of the Spanish central Castillian plateau (Meseta central), at an average altitude of 650m. Nearly all of the most famous tourist areas are located in the center of the city including Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, Palacio Real, and Plaza de Colón. The major streets in Madrid include the Gran Via, Alcalá Street, and Paseo de la Castellana.
The climate of Madrid is continental; mainly dry and quite extreme at times. Madrid sees perpetual sunshine and a characteristically hot and dry summer, and a fairly cold winter with frequent frosts during the night and the occasional snowfall. Spring and autumn are mild with the most rainfall concentrated in these seasons. Spring and autumn are definitely the best times to visit, especially the months of April, May, June, September and October. There is very little rainfall during summer and also less rainfall during winter. During winter snow occurs sporadically; however, snowfall usually lasts only for a few days, but there is abundant snowfall in the adjacent mountain ranges nearby.
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