Malaga vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$851	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	24	96
😀 Quality of life	78	74
🏙️ Population	592K	13.1M

The cost of living in Malaga is 15% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3759th and 4359th ($1430 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 1st in Spain and Russia, respectively. Check Spain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 708th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Moscow

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	Malaga	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$12252

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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

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592