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Spain moving cost calculator

Estimate the upfront cost, the monthly cost, the emergency fund and the first-year budget of moving to Spain. Runs entirely in your browser.

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Build a real first-year number before you make any other decision about this move. Everything else is downstream of it.

Estimate the cost of moving to Spain

Everything is calculated in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us, stored, or shared.

Your household
City does not change the maths. It is here so you can label your own plan.
One-off costs
One-way, per person.
Before your long-term lease starts.
Spanish landlords commonly ask for more than one month up front.
Sworn translation of civil and criminal records.
Per document, in your home country.
Immigration lawyer or gestor, if you use one.
Household goods, per household.
Recurring monthly costs
Per household.
Per person, per month.
Food, transport, utilities, leisure.

Estimated upfront cost

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Estimated monthly cost

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Suggested emergency fund

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First-year estimated budget

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How this is calculated, and what it assumes
  • Flights, health insurance and living expenses are multiplied by household size. Rent, shipping, the deposit and professional fees are treated as per-household.
  • Translation and apostille costs are multiplied by household size, because each adult typically needs their own documents.
  • The first-year budget adds the one-off costs to twelve months of recurring costs. It does not include the emergency fund, which is money you hold rather than spend.
  • No tax, no currency movement and no income are modelled. Exchange rates alone can move a dollar budget by ten per cent within a year.
  • Every default is a planning figure, not a quote. Replace each one with a number you have been given.

Default values last reviewed on July 10, 2026.

How to use this well

The defaults are a starting point, not an answer. Replace every one of them with a figure somebody has actually quoted you: a real listing, a real insurance premium, a real shipping estimate. The calculator becomes useful at exactly the moment it stops containing our numbers and starts containing yours.

Pay attention to the emergency fund. It is not padding. Relocation setbacks — a delayed decision, a lease that falls through, a document that has to be reissued — are normal rather than exceptional, and they arrive when your income is most disrupted.

What this does not model

No tax, in either country. No income. No currency movement, which alone can move a dollar-denominated budget by ten per cent inside a year. No cost of returning, which is worth thinking about before you leave.

It is a planning aid. It is not a quote, and it is not advice.

Now build the checklist that goes with it →

Official sources

Every factual claim on this page was checked against these primary documents.