Kazan vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kazan	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$929	$1727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2282	$3948
🏠 One person rent	$493	$1025
🏘️ Family rent	$878	$1729
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$478
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.4	$98.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$871	$1786
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	54	24
😀 Quality of life	64	79
🏙️ Population	1.33M	599K

The cost of living in Kazan is 46% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 6157th and 3160th ($929 vs $1727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 20th in Russia and Spain, respectively. Check Russia vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1 months in Malaga. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Malaga ranked 28th in Spain, while ranked 5470th and 802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Malaga

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	Kazan	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.39	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.3	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.91	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$1174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$845
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1065	$2042
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$689	$1448
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$87.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$136
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.03	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.86%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$5265
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2534	$4533
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$3.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$19.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$6.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$2.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$48.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.81	$9.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$46.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.1	$95.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$616
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15147	$10911

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1614
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1551
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1537
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1336
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$1935
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1500
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$1129
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1003
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1625
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1016
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1360
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2270
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1316
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2594
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1385
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1212
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$1041
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1385
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1340
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1295
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1230
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1123
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1394
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1331
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1353
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1157
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1339
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$1008
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1403
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1187
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$881
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1356
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1560
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1435
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1497
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1345
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1337
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$949
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$538