Malaga vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$851	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	24	83
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	592K	633K

The cost of living in Malaga is 27% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 3759th and 1961st ($1430 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 5th in Spain and Germany, respectively. Check Spain vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 708th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Stuttgart

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	Malaga	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581