Malaga vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malaga	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1519	$931
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3537	$2751
🏠 One person rent	$941	$346
🏘️ Family rent	$1683	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$99.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1781	$1368
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	24	84
😀 Quality of life	78	80
🏙️ Population	586K	3.03M

The cost of living in Malaga is 63% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 3616th and 6052nd ($1519 vs $931) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 5th in Spain and Taiwan, respectively. Check Spain vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Malaga ranked 18th best city to live in Spain vs Taichung ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 654th and 496th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Taichung

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	Malaga	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$3.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$346
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1968	$984
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1402	$770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$70.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.1	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6321	$6258
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2750	$4300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.2	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.4	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$3.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.57	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.25	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.13	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.91	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$6.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.89	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$42.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$13.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$93.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$91.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$313
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14939	$13638

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$841
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$818
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$698
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$761
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$707
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$864
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$868
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1060
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$745
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1158
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$841
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$1028
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$801
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$661
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$654
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$666
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$821
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$807
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$683
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$673
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$713
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$642
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$719
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$605
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$592
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$776
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$691
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$795
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$726
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$712
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$643
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$719
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$702
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$716