Malaga vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Malaga	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1435	$922
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3325	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$839	$473
🏘️ Family rent	$1454	$604
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.8	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1990	$324
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	24	56
😀 Quality of life	79	43
🏙️ Population	579K	2.9M

The cost of living in Malaga is 56% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 3666th and 5826th ($1435 vs $922) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 6th in Spain and Brazil, respectively. Check Spain vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Malaga compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Malaga ranked 13th best city to live in Spain vs Salvador ranked 44th in Brazil, while ranked 506th and 6863rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Salvador

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	Malaga	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.7	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.16	$7.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.74	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$2.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.07	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$862	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$664	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1632	$541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1168	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.45%	12.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3838	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2498	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$53.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$6.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.96	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.61	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.75	$2.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.03	$7.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.1	$8.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.7	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$73.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11601	$12057

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1480
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1357
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1321
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1251
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$1774
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1343
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$917
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1254
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1314
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1063
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1174
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2056
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1199
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2299
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1207
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1178
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$932
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1214
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1091
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1124
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1162
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$963
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1119
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1056
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1202
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1020
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1182
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$905
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$504
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1289
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1174
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$661
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1206
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1129
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1283
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1159
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$947
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1158
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$827
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$457

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$680
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$701
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$635
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$620
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$494
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$438
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$606
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$566
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$595
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$525
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$611
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$597
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$577
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$462
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$550
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$634
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$610
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$444
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$436
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$583
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$651
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$621
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$615
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$612
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$606
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$576
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$504
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$645
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$573
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$657
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$619
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$631
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$601
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$711