Malaga vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Malaga	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1705	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3968	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$1002	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$1727	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$483	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1960	$3888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	24	56
😀 Quality of life	80	91
🏙️ Population	599K	526K

The cost of living in Malaga is 3% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 3191st and 2992nd ($1705 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 152nd in Spain and Germany, respectively. Check Spain vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Malaga ranked 25th best city to live in Spain vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 690th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/malaga/nuremberg.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Malaga vs Nuremberg infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/malaga/nuremberg" target="_blank">Malaga vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Malaga vs Nuremberg

Prices for goods and services in Malaga and Nuremberg are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Malaga	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.8	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1178	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1443	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.8	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.58%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5104	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3819	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.6	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.3	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.28	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.93	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.9	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.5	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$709	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10558	$19685

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729