Malaga vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$851	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$374
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	24	56
😀 Quality of life	78	57
🏙️ Population	592K	2.42M

The cost of living in Malaga is 103% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 3759th and 6861st ($1430 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 25th in Spain and Brazil, respectively. Check Spain vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 708th and 5641st 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	$12.5	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677