Malaga vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$851	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	24	72
😀 Quality of life	78	78
🏙️ Population	592K	7.01M

The cost of living in Malaga is 13% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 3759th and 2911th ($1430 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 1st in Spain and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Spain vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 708th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Riyadh

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	Malaga	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$10598

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529