Malaga vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$1354
🏠 One person rent	$929	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$183
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$608
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	24	70
😀 Quality of life	80	65
🏙️ Population	592K	10.6M

The cost of living in Malaga is 220% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 3451st and 8645th ($1617 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 489th in Spain and China, respectively. Check Spain vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1.2 months in Shijiazhuang. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Shijiazhuang ranked 42nd in China, while ranked 736th and 5294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Shijiazhuang

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	Malaga	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$1.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$84.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$6.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$2373
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$1658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$4.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$4870

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$527
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$535
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$527
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$523
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$574
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$548
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$505
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$550
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$572
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$499
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$454
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$456
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$544
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$543
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$565
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$552
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$553
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$538
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$480
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$495
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$546
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$564
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$634
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$502
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$638
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$516
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$534
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$654
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$580
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$689
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$619
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$748
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$707