🇪🇸Cost of Travel in Spain (2026): Daily Budgets for 3 Cities
Late dinners, surreal architecture, and a nationwide talent for turning ordinary afternoons into something worth savoring — from tapas bars to Moorish palaces.
Daily budgets in Spain
The cheapest city in Spain is Seville, at $70–130 a day mid-range per person; the priciest is Barcelona, at $95–170 — about 30% more for the same style of trip.
| City | Budget / day | Mid-range / day | Comfort / day | Cheap meal | Mid-range hotel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seville | $40–80 | $70–130 | $130–230 | €10–14 ($11–16) | €70–130 ($80–148) |
| Madrid | $55–95 | $90–160 | $160–290 | €12–16 ($14–18) | €100–180 ($114–205) |
| Barcelona | $55–100 | $95–170 | $170–310 | €13–20 ($15–23) | €120–200 ($137–228) |
Per person in US dollars, flights not included. Mid-range is each guide's researched figure and includes a mid-range room; budget and comfort scale it by 0.6 and 1.8, so treat those as rough. How we work these out.
Plan a trip across Spain
Set the nights you'd spend in each city. Per person, before flights; each night counts one day of that city's daily budget.
Cities
🇪🇸Barcelona
SpainGaudí's playground on the Mediterranean — surreal architecture, beach afternoons, and late nights in the Gothic Quarter.
🇪🇸Madrid
SpainSpain's grand capital — golden-hour tapas crawls, world-class art museums, and a city that doesn't sit down to dinner before 9pm.
🇪🇸Seville
SpainAndalusia's soul — flamenco, orange-tree-lined plazas, and Moorish palaces, best enjoyed at the slow pace the heat demands.
Head to head
Two cities side by side — costs, best months and what you'd do in each.