Long Beach vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1519
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$3537
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$941
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$1683
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$384
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$1781
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	24
😀 Quality of life	77	78
🏙️ Population	467K	586K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 76% more expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 464th and 3616th ($2681 vs $1519) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Malaga ranked 18th in Spain, while ranked 769th and 654th 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	$16.3	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$3.1
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$761
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$1968
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$1402
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$91.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$138
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$30.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$6321
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$2.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$5.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$6.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$5.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$8.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$14939

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1272
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2180
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1415
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$993
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1388
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1430
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1146
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1288
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2079
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1297
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$938
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1284
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1221
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1108
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1013
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1256
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1165
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1290
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1025
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1260
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$535
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1358
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$710
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1454
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1461
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1446
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1196
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$855
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$429