Malaga vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$929	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	24	93
😀 Quality of life	80	89
🏙️ Population	592K	1.4M

The cost of living in Malaga is 9% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3451st and 2821st ($1617 vs $1778) 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 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 736th and 277th 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	$16.5	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284