Malaga vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Malaga	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1435	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3325	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$839	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1454	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.8	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1990	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	24	93
😀 Quality of life	79	83
🏙️ Population	579K	1.86M

The cost of living in Malaga is 2% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 3666th and 3564th ($1435 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Spain and Poland, respectively. Check Spain vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Malaga compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Malaga ranked 13th best city to live in Spain vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 506th and 342nd 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	$12.7	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.16	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.74	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.07	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$862	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$664	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1632	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1168	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.45%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3838	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2498	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.96	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.61	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.75	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.03	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.1	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.7	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11601	$11854

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1480
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1357
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1321
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1251
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$1774
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1343
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$917
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1254
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1314
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1063
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1174
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2056
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1199
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2299
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1207
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1178
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$932
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1214
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1091
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1124
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1162
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$963
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1119
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1056
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1202
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1020
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1182
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$905
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$504
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1289
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1174
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$661
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1206
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1129
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1283
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1159
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$947
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1158
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$827
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$457

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385