Malaga vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Malaga	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1727	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3948	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1025	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1729	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$478	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1786	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	24	45
😀 Quality of life	79	68
🏙️ Population	599K	1.08M

The cost of living in Malaga is 136% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3160th and 7085th ($1727 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 7th in Spain and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Spain vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Malaga compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Malaga ranked 28th best city to live in Spain vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 802nd and 4594th 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	$16.6	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.07	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1174	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$845	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1448	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.53%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5265	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4533	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.66	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.33	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.67	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.66	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.43	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.93	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.8	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.9	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$616	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10911	$6043

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1614
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1551
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1537
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1336
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$1935
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1500
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$1129
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1003
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1625
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1016
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1360
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2270
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1316
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2594
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1385
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1212
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$1041
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1385
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1340
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1295
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1230
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1123
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1394
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1331
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1353
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1157
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1339
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$1008
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1403
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1187
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$881
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1356
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1560
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1435
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1497
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1345
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1337
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$949
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$538

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537