Malaga vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$929	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$1116
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	24	82
😀 Quality of life	80	71
🏙️ Population	592K	5.65M

The cost of living in Malaga is 66% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 3451st and 5813th ($1617 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 4th in Spain and Russia, respectively. Check Spain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 736th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Saint Petersburg

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	Malaga	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566