Long Beach vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$1651
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	24
😀 Quality of life	76	78
🏙️ Population	467K	592K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 93% more expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 379th and 3759th ($2764 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 31st in the United States and Spain, respectively. Check the United States vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 949th and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Malaga

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	Long Beach	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$9532

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

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