Malaga vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Malaga	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1705	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3968	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$1002	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1727	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$483	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1960	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	24	93
😀 Quality of life	80	89
🏙️ Population	599K	1.4M

The cost of living in Malaga is 10% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3191st and 2377th ($1705 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st 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 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Malaga ranked 25th best city to live in Spain vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 690th and 244th 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	$16.8	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1178	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1443	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.8	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.58%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5104	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3819	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.6	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.3	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.28	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.93	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.9	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.5	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$709	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10558	$19039

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340