Malaga vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$929	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	24	99
😀 Quality of life	80	97
🏙️ Population	592K	2.15M

The cost of living in Malaga is 36% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3451st and 843rd ($1617 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Spain and France, respectively. Check Spain vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 736th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Paris

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	Malaga	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488