Malaga vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$929	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	24	96
😀 Quality of life	80	73
🏙️ Population	592K	13.3M

The cost of living in Malaga is 12% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3451st and 4141st ($1617 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Spain and Russia, respectively. Check Spain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 736th and 2664th 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	$16.5	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$15272

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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

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772