Malaga vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$851	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	24	43
😀 Quality of life	78	64
🏙️ Population	592K	1.08M

The cost of living in Malaga is 86% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3759th and 6565th ($1430 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 3rd in Spain and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Spain vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 708th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Nur-Sultan

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	Malaga	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$5487

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512