Malaga vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$851	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	24	46
😀 Quality of life	78	60
🏙️ Population	592K	1.47M

The cost of living in Malaga is 87% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3759th and 6596th ($1430 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 14th in Spain and Russia, respectively. Check Spain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 708th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Yekaterinburg

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	Malaga	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$4946

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658