Kyiv vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$445	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$1651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	24
😀 Quality of life	64	78
🏙️ Population	2.95M	592K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 41% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 6262nd and 3759th ($850 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st in Ukraine and Spain, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 4484th and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Malaga

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	Kyiv	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$9532

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570

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