Malaga vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$851	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	24	50
😀 Quality of life	78	48
🏙️ Population	592K	1.57M

The cost of living in Malaga is 143% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 3759th and 7787th ($1430 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 34th in Spain and Iran, respectively. Check Spain vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 708th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Shiraz

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	Malaga	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$2161

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723