Hanoi vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$292	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$1651
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	24
😀 Quality of life	62	78
🏙️ Population	8.44M	592K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 55% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 7236th and 3759th ($647 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 31st in Vietnam and Spain, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 4848th and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Malaga

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	Hanoi	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$9532

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449