Malaga vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malaga	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1519	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3537	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$941	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$1683	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1781	$477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	24	95
😀 Quality of life	78	63
🏙️ Population	586K	11.5M

The cost of living in Malaga is 50% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 3616th and 5616th ($1519 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st 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 Sao Paulo. Malaga ranked 18th best city to live in Spain vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 654th and 4573rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Malaga vs Sao Paulo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/malaga/sao-paulo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Malaga vs Sao Paulo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/malaga/sao-paulo" target="_blank">Malaga vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Malaga vs Sao Paulo

Prices for goods and services in Malaga and Sao Paulo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Malaga	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1968	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1402	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.1	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6321	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2750	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.2	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.4	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.57	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.25	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.13	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.91	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.89	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14939	$13135

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1272
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2180
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1415
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$993
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1388
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1430
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1146
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1288
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2079
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1297
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$938
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1284
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1221
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1108
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1013
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1256
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1165
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1290
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1025
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1260
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$535
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1358
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$710
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1454
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1461
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1446
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1196
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$855
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$429

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629