Malaga vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malaga	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1519	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3537	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$941	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1683	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1781	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	24	92
😀 Quality of life	78	86
🏙️ Population	586K	1.38M

The cost of living in Malaga is 7% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3616th and 3084th ($1519 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 2nd in Spain and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Spain vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Malaga ranked 18th best city to live in Spain vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 654th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Prague

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	Malaga	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1968	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1402	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.1	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6321	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2750	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.2	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.4	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.57	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.25	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.13	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.91	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.89	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14939	$12545

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1272
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2180
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1415
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$993
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1388
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1430
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1146
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1288
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2079
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1297
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$938
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1284
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1221
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1108
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1013
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1256
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1165
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1290
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1025
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1260
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$535
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1358
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$710
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1454
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1461
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1446
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1196
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$855
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$429

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141