Louisville vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1617
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$3763
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$1604
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$93.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$1700
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	24
😀 Quality of life	89	80
🏙️ Population	246K	592K

The cost of living in Louisville is 14% more expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 2519th and 3451st ($1847 vs $1617) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.1 months in Malaga. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Malaga ranked 21st in Spain, while ranked 281st and 736th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Malaga

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	Louisville	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$59.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$4.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$1047
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$767
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$1344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$78.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$6192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$5381
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$2.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$18.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$8.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$2.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$6.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$6.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$2.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$535
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$10933

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017

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