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Barcelona or Madrid

Budget, free housing, places, visa and travel time between Barcelona and Madrid — side by side, with numbers.

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Madrid

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Side by side

≈ €1,600
Economy monthdifference 7%
≈ €1,725
≈ €2,500
Comfortable monthdifference 0%
≈ €2,489
≈ €550
Room in a shared flatdifference 38%
≈ €400
≈ €12
Lunch outdifference 20%
≈ €10
≈ €23
Transit passdifference 30%
≈ €33
2,534
Free housing hostsdifference 16%
2,190
143
Placesdifference 18%
121
0
Free placesdifference 0
0
  • Travel time between them: 235 minutes by plane.
  • The visa regime is the same for both.
  • Barcelona has 344 hosts more.
  • Criteria filled: 8 and 8.

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