Malaga vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malaga	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1519	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3537	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$941	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1683	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1781	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	24	95
😀 Quality of life	78	87
🏙️ Population	586K	4.04M

The cost of living in Malaga is 43% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3616th and 5212th ($1519 vs $1060) 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 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Malaga ranked 18th best city to live in Spain vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 654th and 279th 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	$13.2	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1968	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1402	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.1	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6321	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2750	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.2	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.4	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.57	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.25	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.13	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.91	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.89	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14939	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605