Malaga vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$851	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	24	28
😀 Quality of life	78	41
🏙️ Population	592K	6.23M

The cost of living in Malaga is 119% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 3759th and 7175th ($1430 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 100th in Spain and China, respectively. Check Spain vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 1.3 months in Xinyang. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 708th and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Xinyang

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	Malaga	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$8587

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558