Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Population
- 257,000
- Coordinates
- 42.85° N, 2.67° W
- Time zone
- Europe/Madrid
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,892 a month in Vitoria-Gasteiz, rent included: 68% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,640 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%74
- Safetycountry20%56
- Health carecountry15%63
- Climate10%86
- Air quality10%90
- Connectivitycountry10%62
- Cost10%39
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Spain
- #30
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,084
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Vitoria-Gasteiz | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $18.37 | $25.00 | −27% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $68.88 | $140 | −51% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $13.78 | $14.00 | −2% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $3.44 | $8.00 | −57% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.02 | $10.00 | −60% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.11 | $6.37 | −67% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.88 | $3.80 | −24% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.00 | $2.89 | −31% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.24 | $1.36 | −9% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.86 | $4.68 | −60% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.38 | $6.97 | −80% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.67 | $5.73 | −36% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $12.05 | $17.38 | −31% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $8.14 | $15.11 | −46% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $13.53 | $17.77 | −24% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.14 | $6.11 | −49% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.70 | $2.20 | −23% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.14 | $5.77 | −63% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.56 | $6.25 | −59% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.55 | $3.47 | −55% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.55 | $4.17 | −39% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.26 | $2.72 | −54% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.70 | $2.50 | −72% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $5.74 | $20.00 | −71% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.15 | $3.21 | −64% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.98 | $3.96 | −50% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $6.49 | $19.00 | −66% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.72 | $3.00 | −43% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $43.05 | $140 | −69% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $5.17 | $3.00 | +72% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.39 | $2.18 | −36% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $24.68 | $42.00 | −41% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.75 | $1.10 | +59% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $38,301 | $35,458 | +8% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $32,098 | $25,309 | +27% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $18.75 | $73.50 | −74% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $25.71 | $71.93 | −64% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $59.31 | $126 | −53% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $9.57 | $62.38 | −85% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $9.30 | $23.00 | −60% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $394 | $3,366 | −88% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $8,036 | $60,589 | −87% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $99.01 | $72.80 | +36% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $32.43 | $53.22 | −39% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $106 | $118 | −10% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $125 | $125 | 0% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,071 | $4,417 | −76% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $995 | $3,033 | −67% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,378 | $9,242 | −85% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,253 | $5,461 | −77% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $3,597 | $18,759 | −81% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $3,444 | $6,523 | −47% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $2,640 | $5,178 | −49% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.46% | 6.49% | −3.0 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $1,071 | $2,640 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $1,081 | $2,856 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | — | — | — |
| Feb 2026 | 45.8 | $1,185 | $2,133 |
| Dec 2025 | 46.6 | $1,174 | $2,113 |
| Nov 2025 | 44.5 | $1,153 | $2,075 |
| Oct 2025 | 44.7 | $1,176 | $2,146 |
| Aug 2025 | 45.2 | $1,163 | $1,965 |
| May 2025 | 44.7 | $1,124 | $1,900 |
| Apr 2025 | 44.1 | $1,108 | $1,873 |
| Mar 2025 | 43.2 | $1,086 | $1,835 |
| Feb 2025 | 42.0 | $1,039 | $1,756 |
| Jan 2025 | 41.8 | $1,035 | $1,748 |
| Dec 2024 | 41.7 | $1,040 | $1,758 |
| Nov 2024 | 42.4 | $1,058 | $1,788 |
| Oct 2024 | 43.5 | $1,089 | $1,841 |
| Sep 2024 | 44.4 | $1,116 | $1,886 |
| Aug 2024 | 43.6 | $1,093 | $1,848 |
| Jul 2024 | 40.1 | $1,075 | $1,817 |
| Jun 2024 | 37.3 | $1,023 | $1,846 |
| May 2024 | 33.9 | $964 | $1,861 |
| Apr 2024 | 33.9 | $969 | $1,870 |
| Mar 2024 | 33.1 | $977 | $1,885 |
| Feb 2024 | 34.1 | $974 | $1,880 |
| Jan 2024 | 34.6 | — | $1,914 |
| Dec 2023 | 34.1 | $854 | $1,903 |
| Nov 2023 | 38.7 | $829 | $1,841 |
| Oct 2023 | 38.6 | $826 | $1,834 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Spain's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Vitoria-Gasteiz yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Vitoria-Gasteiz. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Vitoria-Gasteiz on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 11.9 °C
- Warmest monthAugust
- 19.1 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 5.3 °C
- Rain a year
- 931 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 80%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 4.0 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 19
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 86
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 37
- PM2.5
- 7.6µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 900-100
Internet
Spain median; city not listed- Upload
- 208Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 84Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 34ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 6.7Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 17.7Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 5.7%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 3.46%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 9.1Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
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About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 18Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 6 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 98%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026