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Madrid, Spain

Public transport, airport and rail connections, healthcare access and car ownership — each figure linked to the official publication it came from.

13 of 18 fields sourced from official publications, 5 not yet sourced. Every figure links to the body that published it and the period it describes. Where we don't have something, we say so rather than estimating.
✈️ Getting out
How far this place is from everywhere else — the thing most cost-of-living comparisons leave out.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas · MAD
Nonstop destinations
230 nonstop destinationsOfficial statistic
Long-haul nonstop service
YesOfficial statistic
Rail to the capital
Madrid is the capital
🏥 Healthcare access
Region: Comunidad de Madrid (SERMAS)
Primary-care waiting time
Not sourced yetNo official Comunidad de Madrid publication of a primary-care waiting-time statistic was located. Recorded as not sourced rather than confirmed-absent, since absence of publication has not been established from an official source.
Obtaining a Tarjeta Sanitaria (SERMAS)Official step
  1. The Comunidad de Madrid lists a certificado de empadronamiento, issued within 90 days, proving registration with the ayuntamiento at the applicant's address.
  2. The published requirement lists identity and residency documentation: DNI/NIE and valid residency authorisation.
  3. Applications are submitted digitally via Cuenta Digital with recognised electronic signature, or in person at an authorised registry office.
  4. The published eligibility condition is municipal registration (empadronamiento) plus recognised healthcare entitlement via the INSS.
  5. The published process states the card is mailed to the assigned centro de salud approximately 3–4 weeks after application, and that care can be accessed before the physical card arrives.
These are specialist and surgical waits. Primary-care waiting time is devolved to the regions and is published inconsistently — see each city below.
🚇 Getting around
Operators: Metro de Madrid · EMT Madrid (bus) · Cercanías Madrid (Renfe)
Metro or rapid transit
YesOfficial statistic
CRTM — La Red de Metro · 2026 · city figure
Lines
12 numbered lines plus the Ramal Ópera–Príncipe PíoOfficial statistic
CRTM — La Red de Metro · 2026 · city figure
Stations
242 stationsOfficial statistic
CRTM — La Red de Metro · 2026 · city figure
Network length
291 kmOfficial statistic
CRTM — La Red de Metro · 2026 · city figure
Single journey
€1.50Official statistic
Monthly pass
€32.70Official statistic
Service hours
06:00–01:30Official statistic
Some stations have restricted hours.
🚗 Living without a car
Reported behaviour from official statistics — not a walkability score.
Households with no car
Not sourced yetNot extracted at municipality level for Madrid; the ECEPOV 2021 municipal table was retrieved for Barcelona only.
Commutes made by car
41 % of commutes by carOfficial statistic
📍 Neighbourhoods
Official statistics at the level each figure is actually reported. No verdicts on what an area is like.
Salamancadistrict figure
Population
145,457 residentsOfficial statistic
Household income
Not sourced yetINE's Atlas de distribución de renta de los hogares publishes district-level income, but the province CSV exceeded what could be retrieved this session.
Centrodistrict figure
Population
139,682 residentsOfficial statistic
Household income
Not sourced yetINE's Atlas de distribución de renta de los hogares publishes district-level income, but the province CSV exceeded what could be retrieved this session.
Chamberídistrict figure
Population
137,287 residentsOfficial statistic
Household income
Not sourced yetINE's Atlas de distribución de renta de los hogares publishes district-level income, but the province CSV exceeded what could be retrieved this session.

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Where these figures come from. Every number on this page is reproduced from a government body, a public transport operator, an airport authority or a national statistics office, and links back to the exact publication and the period it describes. We don't use cost-of-living aggregators. Where an official source doesn't publish something, the page says so rather than estimating.