If you’ve ever wondered, “Can two adults live comfortably in Spain without selling a kidney?”, welcome. We brought spreadsheets, receipts, and emotional support coffee.
Short answer: yes. Long answer: yes, but your supermarket bill may occasionally look like a personal attack.
Here is our real monthly budget in Spain for 2 adults.
Monthly costs (2 adults)
- Rent (50 sqm + parking garage): 700 EUR
- Utilities (water + electricity): 110 EUR
- Internet: 10 EUR
- Private health insurance (includes dental, critical illness and worldwide coverage, no co payments): 280 EUR
- Car insurance: 140 EUR
- Charging costs (home charging in parking garage): 20 EUR
- Gym: 40 EUR
- Groceries: 600-800 EUR
Total monthly budget
- Lower end: 1,760 EUR/month
- Higher end: 1,960 EUR/month
Yes, that includes rent, insurance, and food for two humans who enjoy eating more than plain rice and optimism.
What feels surprisingly affordable
- Rent: 700 EUR for a 50 sqm place with parking still feels like a small miracle.
- Internet: 10 EUR is basically the price of two fancy coffees and one bad life decision.
- Gym: 40 EUR keeps both of us fit enough to carry groceries up the stairs with dignity.
What can swing the budget
- Groceries (600-800 EUR): This is the wildcard. Cook at home a lot? Lower end. Add imported snacks and random “just one thing” supermarket missions? Welcome to the upper end.
- Utilities: 110 EUR is reasonable, but summer AC and winter heating can add spice.
Groceries: example prices (why the basket stays sensible)
Fruit and veg here are cheap and fresh—it is one of the best parts of the monthly spend. A few real prices we have seen:
Strawberries, apples, citrus, plums, vine tomatoes—the kind of haul that barely hurts the wallet.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Pack of 6 Eggs | ~2 EUR |
| Milk carton (1L) | ~1 EUR |
| Pack of strawberries | ~2 EUR |
| Pack of big pack spinach | ~1.60 EUR |
| Big apples | ~2.80 EUR / kg |
| Cheese (typical block / piece) | ~1.80 EUR |
| Still water | ~0.29 EUR / 1.5 L |
| Fresh bakery bread | ~2 EUR~ |
| 1 kg yogurt | ~1.90 EUR~ |
Where to shop: head to Alcampo or Mercadona when you can. Both are huge, well stocked, and run serious promos—easy to fill the trolley without drama.
In general we eat lots of fruit, veg, fish, and less ultra-processed stuff. Spanish supermarkets are great for finding healthy food at everyday prices—your euros stretch further when cooking “real” meals instead of living out of the beige aisle.
Final verdict
Living in Spain as a couple on around 1,760 to 1,960 EUR per month is very doable, and honestly pretty comfortable if you keep an eye on food spending and avoid turning every grocery run into a gourmet festival.
Would we recommend it? Absolutely. Great weather, good quality of life, and enough budget room left for tapas therapy.
