The map above is centered on Madrid, Spain, near Puerta del Sol, with a default 10 km radius. Drag to move it, search for a different address, or change the radius and unit using the controls.
A 10 km radius from Puerta del Sol roughly matches the M-40 motorway, capturing all of central Madrid plus inner suburbs like Pozuelo de Alarcón. The M-30 (about 7 km from the centre) is the practical "inner Madrid" boundary; the M-40 (14 km) catches most of the city; the M-45 and M-50 reach outer suburbs and beyond. Drive time inside the M-30 is heavily traffic-dependent — pair the radius map with the Drive Time Map for honest commute work.
Madrid is encircled by four orbital motorways — M-30, M-40, M-45, M-50 — at roughly 7 km, 14 km, 19 km, and 25 km from the centre. Each ring marks a real shift in urban character.
Also known as: Madriz (colloquial), La Capital.
Real coverage at the most-searched radii, including notable places that fall just outside the circle. Use these as ground truth before relying on a circle for real-estate, retail, or service-area decisions.
A 1 km radius from Puerta del Sol covers the historical core of Madrid — the Palacio Real, Plaza Mayor, the Gran Vía, the Prado Museum (just inside), and most of the central tourist quarter.
A 5 km radius covers all of central Madrid inside the M-30 — Salamanca, Chamberí, Retiro, Arganzuela, Tetuán, Chamartín, Moncloa's eastern half, plus the inner edges of the southern districts.
A 10 km radius reaches the M-40 ring road in most directions, capturing all of the City of Madrid plus the inner suburbs — Pozuelo, Boadilla del Monte's eastern edge, Alcobendas, San Sebastián de los Reyes' southern edge, Getafe, and Leganés.
A 25 km radius covers all of metropolitan Madrid out to the M-50 — Madrid-Barajas Airport, Las Rozas, Majadahonda, Alcorcón, Móstoles, Fuenlabrada, Parla, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Tres Cantos, Coslada, San Fernando de Henares, and most of the Comunidad de Madrid's dense suburban ring.
A 50 km radius from Puerta del Sol reaches Aranjuez (just inside the southern edge), the Sierra de Guadarrama foothills, Talavera de la Reina's approach, and most of the Comunidad de Madrid plus parts of Toledo and Guadalajara provinces.
City-specific scenarios where a radius is the right tool — and the typical radius sizes professionals use.
Madrid retail and real estate often segment by ring road. Inside the M-30 is "central Madrid" — high density, walkable. Between M-30 and M-40 is "inner suburbs" — denser than typical European suburbs, mixed-use. Outside M-40 starts feeling distinctly suburban. A 7 km / 14 km dual-radius captures this segmentation cleanly.
Typical radius: 7 km (M-30), 14 km (M-40)
The Madrid Metro covers everything inside the M-40 well, plus the major northern and southern suburbs out to about 20 km. A 10 km straight-line radius from a workplace in central Madrid approximates a 30-minute Metro commute for most central-to-suburb routes.
Typical radius: 10 km for inner Metro commuting
Madrid's summer heat (often 35–40°C) makes pedestrian outdoor service unattractive past about 0.5–1 km in midday hours. Restaurant and hotel operators plan summer delivery and shuttle radii smaller than they would in cooler months.
Typical radius: 0.5–1 km (summer pedestrian), 3–5 km (year-round)
Madrid's AVE high-speed rail commuter belt extends well beyond the 50 km circle — to Segovia (28 minutes), Toledo (33 minutes), Guadalajara (25 minutes). Real-estate analysis of Madrid commuter towns should treat AVE-served cities as effectively inside the 25 km drive-time isochrone, even if they are 70+ km away.
Typical radius: 50 km (driving), much further with AVE
Local geography and infrastructure that change how a radius behaves here. Skipping these is the most common reason a radius decision goes sideways.
Few cities are as cleanly ringed as Madrid: M-30 (7 km), M-40 (14 km), M-45 (19 km), M-50 (25 km). Each ring marks a real shift in urban character — central, inner-suburb, outer-suburb, ex-urban. Most service-area and trade-area work in Madrid uses the rings as natural radii.
Madrid sits on the Castilian plateau with no significant water bodies and only the distant Sierra de Guadarrama to the northwest. Unlike Berlin, London, or NYC, a Madrid radius drawn from the centre reaches similar character in every direction — a useful property for symmetric trade-area work.
Spain's high-speed rail network from Madrid is dense — Segovia is 28 minutes, Toledo 33 minutes, Guadalajara 25 minutes. Some cities 80 km away are reachable faster than driving 25 km. Radius analysis of the Madrid commuter belt should account for AVE wherever the destination is on the network.
A 10 km radius from Puerta del Sol roughly matches the M-40 motorway ring, capturing all of the City of Madrid plus the inner suburbs (Pozuelo, Alcobendas' inner edge, Getafe, Leganés). Madrid-Barajas Airport, at 13 km, is just outside.
Four orbital motorways encircling Madrid. The M-30 sits at about 7 km from the centre and marks the boundary of central Madrid. The M-40 (14 km) marks the city limits in most directions. The M-45 (19 km) catches inner-outer suburbs. The M-50 (25 km) defines the outer metropolitan ring. Each is a useful informal radius.
Yes, comfortably. Barajas is about 13 km northeast of Puerta del Sol, well inside a 25 km radius. A 15 km radius also captures it.
A 5 km radius covers all of central Madrid inside the M-30 — Salamanca, Chamberí, Retiro, Chamartín (Bernabéu), Atocha, plus the historical centre. Most of the city's tourist and business areas fit inside this circle.
Madrid is geographically larger and less dense than Paris. The City of Paris fits inside a 5 km radius; the City of Madrid requires a 10 km radius to cover. Both have well-defined inner-ring boundaries (Périphérique for Paris, M-30 for Madrid) at similar distances from their centres.
Because Madrid sits on a flat Castilian plateau with no major rivers, harbours, or hills constraining its growth. The city has expanded outward in concentric circles for centuries, and the four orbital motorways were built to formalise that pattern. The result is one of the most radially symmetric major cities in Europe.