Malaga vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$929	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	24	46
😀 Quality of life	80	60
🏙️ Population	592K	1.2M

The cost of living in Malaga is 83% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 3451st and 6322nd ($1617 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 14th 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 736th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Malaga	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758