Malaga vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Malaga	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1705	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3968	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1002	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$1727	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$483	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1960	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	24	45
😀 Quality of life	80	69
🏙️ Population	599K	1.08M

The cost of living in Malaga is 107% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3191st and 6663rd ($1705 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 4th in Spain and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Spain vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Malaga ranked 25th best city to live in Spain vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 690th and 4272nd 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	$16.8	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1178	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1443	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.8	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.58%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5104	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3819	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.6	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.3	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.28	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.93	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.9	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.5	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$709	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10558	$6976

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1608
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1556
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1574
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1317
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2004
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1495
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$1098
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1022
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1670
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$988
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1350
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2272
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1304
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2594
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1368
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1193
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$1014
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1390
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1306
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1287
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1223
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1125
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1369
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1291
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1337
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1158
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1279
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$983
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$591
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1343
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1166
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$879
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1395
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1436
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1499
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1453
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1343
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1315
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$929
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$499

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553