Malaga vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$851	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$1581
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	24	38
😀 Quality of life	78	76
🏙️ Population	592K	767K

The cost of living in Malaga is 14% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 3759th and 4331st ($1430 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 4th in Spain and Croatia, respectively. Check Spain vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 708th and 843rd 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	$12.5	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747