Brisbane vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1519
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$3537
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$941
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1683
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$384
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1781
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	24
😀 Quality of life	97	78
🏙️ Population	2.36M	586K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 64% more expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 781st and 3616th ($2491 vs $1519) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 27th in Australia and Spain, respectively. Check Australia vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Malaga ranked 18th in Spain, while ranked 15th and 654th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Malaga

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	Brisbane	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$3.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$761
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1968
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$1402
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$91.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$138
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$30.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	3.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$6321
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$6.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$5.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$6.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$5.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$8.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$14939

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1272
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2180
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1415
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$993
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1388
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1430
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1146
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1288
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2079
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1297
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$938
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1284
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1221
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1108
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1013
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1256
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1165
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1290
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1025
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1260
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$535
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1358
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$710
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1454
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1461
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1446
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1196
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$855
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$429