Malaga vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malaga	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1519	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3537	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$941	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$1683	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1781	$740
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	24	90
😀 Quality of life	78	68
🏙️ Population	586K	9.21M

The cost of living in Malaga is 28% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 3616th and 4630th ($1519 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 6th in Spain and Mexico, respectively. Check Spain vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Malaga ranked 18th best city to live in Spain vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 654th and 3360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Mexico City

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	Malaga	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1968	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1402	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.1	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6321	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2750	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.2	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.4	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.57	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.25	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.13	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.91	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.89	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14939	$8550

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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

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709