Malaga vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$929	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	24	94
😀 Quality of life	80	87
🏙️ Population	592K	4.04M

The cost of living in Malaga is 42% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3451st and 4867th ($1617 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 2nd in Spain and Taiwan, respectively. Check Spain vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 736th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs New Taipei

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	Malaga	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589