Malaga vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$929	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$4436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	24	78
😀 Quality of life	80	90
🏙️ Population	592K	689K

The cost of living in Malaga is 36% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 3451st and 832nd ($1617 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 741st in Spain and the United States, respectively. Check Spain vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 736th and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Nashville

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	Malaga	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$30339

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508