Malaga vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$929	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	24	94
😀 Quality of life	80	85
🏙️ Population	592K	1.86M

The cost of living in Malaga is 18% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 3451st and 2069th ($1617 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Spain and Poland, respectively. Check Spain vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 736th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Warsaw

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	Malaga	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$15871

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349