Malaga vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malaga	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1617	$1437
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3763	$3392
🏠 One person rent	$929	$754
🏘️ Family rent	$1604	$1279
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$450
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.9	$115
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1700	$1950
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	24	38
😀 Quality of life	80	80
🏙️ Population	592K	767K

The cost of living in Malaga is 13% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 3451st and 4147th ($1617 vs $1437) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 6th in Spain and Croatia, respectively. Check Spain vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Malaga compared to 1.4 months in Zagreb. Malaga ranked 21st best city to live in Spain vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 736th and 742nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Zagreb

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	Malaga	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$12.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.4	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$743
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$767	$561
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$1318
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$991
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.8	$125
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$191
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6192	$5609
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5381	$3578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$8.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.34	$5.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$8.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$8.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$96.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10933	$12234

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1584
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1489
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1301
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$1924
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1461
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$1101
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$980
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1666
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$997
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1334
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2260
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1268
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2429
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1344
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1157
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$987
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1382
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1312
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1274
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1187
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1133
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1287
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1233
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1344
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1123
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1359
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$989
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$565
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1393
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1166
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$863
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1369
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1501
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1490
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1500
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1298
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1316
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$931
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$536

Cities near Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1199
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$1033
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1195
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1340
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1236
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1383
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$1044
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$817
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$665
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$685
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1640
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$617
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1316
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1422
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1416
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1685
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$920
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$802
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1683
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1600
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$823
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1081
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$1033
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1386
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1398
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1756
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1377
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1378
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$858
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1322
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$669
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$973
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1415
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$1072
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$1052
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$890