Malaga vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malaga	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1519	$740
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3537	$1909
🏠 One person rent	$941	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1683	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$63.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1781	$1155
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	24	49
😀 Quality of life	78	52
🏙️ Population	586K	7.1M

The cost of living in Malaga is 105% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 3616th and 6718th ($1519 vs $740) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 59th 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 1.6 months in Yantai. Malaga ranked 18th best city to live in Spain vs Yantai ranked 49th in China, while ranked 654th and 6113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Yantai

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	Malaga	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$3.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1968	$377
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1402	$425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$67.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.1	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6321	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2750	$7710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.2	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.4	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.57	$1.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$4.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.25	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.13	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.91	$4.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.89	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$84.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$562
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14939	$24056

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$674
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$663
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$656
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$653
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$674
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$649
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$655
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$645
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$657
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$618
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$761
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$640
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$608
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$536
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$501
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$558
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$605
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$579
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$748
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$667
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$578
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$610
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$869
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$526
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$605
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$581
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$677
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$565
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$602
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$608
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$700
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$668
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$627
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$693
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$588
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$684
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$742