Long Beach vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1617
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$3763
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1604
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$93.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1700
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	24
😀 Quality of life	78	80
🏙️ Population	467K	592K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 76% more expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 327th and 3451st ($2851 vs $1617) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 27th 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.1 months in Malaga. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Malaga ranked 21st in Spain, while ranked 982nd and 736th 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	$19	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$59.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$4.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1047
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$767
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$78.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$6192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$5381
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$2.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$18.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$8.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$2.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$6.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$6.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$2.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$535
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$10933

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1584
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1489
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1301
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$1924
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1461
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$1101
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$980
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1666
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$997
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1334
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2260
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1268
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2429
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1344
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1157
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$987
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1382
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1312
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1274
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1187
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1133
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1287
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1233
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1344
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1123
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1359
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$989
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$565
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1393
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1166
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$863
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1369
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1501
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1490
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1500
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1298
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1316
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$931
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$536