Malaga vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$929	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	24	73
😀 Quality of life	80	80
🏙️ Population	592K	7.01M

The cost of living in Malaga is 0.6% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 3451st and 3418th ($1617 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th 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 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 736th and 759th 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	$16.5	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$9818

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463