Malaga vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Malaga	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1705	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3968	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$1002	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$1727	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$483	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1960	$1033
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	24	48
😀 Quality of life	80	64
🏙️ Population	599K	1.47M

The cost of living in Malaga is 47% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3191st and 4849th ($1705 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 4th in Spain and Russia, respectively. Check Spain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Malaga ranked 25th best city to live in Spain vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 690th and 5361st 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	$16.8	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1178	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1443	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.8	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.58%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5104	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3819	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.6	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.3	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.28	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.93	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.9	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.5	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$709	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10558	$7933

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1608
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1556
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1574
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1317
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2004
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1495
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$1098
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1022
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1670
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$988
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1350
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2272
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1304
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2594
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1368
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1193
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$1014
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1390
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1306
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1287
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1223
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1125
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1369
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1291
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1337
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1158
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1279
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$983
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$591
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1343
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1166
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$879
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1395
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1436
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1499
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1453
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1343
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1315
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$929
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$499

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$757
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$791
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$1024
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$713
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$913
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$702
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$708
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$840
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$615
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$812
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$648
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$763
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$981
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$606
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$845
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$789
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$749
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$819
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$620
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$792
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$784
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$748
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$834
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754