Malaga vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$929	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$762
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	24	49
😀 Quality of life	80	63
🏙️ Population	592K	1.64M

The cost of living in Malaga is 99% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 3451st and 6617th ($1617 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 34th 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 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Novosibirsk ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 736th and 5603rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Novosibirsk

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	Malaga	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$94.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$8.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	19.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$2370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$4627

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$802
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$708
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$679
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$649
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$745
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$530
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$529
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$510
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$548
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$761
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$786
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$837
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$486
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$544
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$520
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$575
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$767
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$685
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$525
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$472
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$618
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$909
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$675
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$544
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$518
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$577
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$583
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$680
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$559
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$521
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$537
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$681
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$527
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$762
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821