Malaga vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$851	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$745
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	24	19
😀 Quality of life	78	38
🏙️ Population	592K	7.01M

The cost of living in Malaga is 125% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 3759th and 7314th ($1430 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 137th 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 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 708th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Malaga vs Zhumadian infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/malaga/zhumadian.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Malaga vs Zhumadian infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/malaga/zhumadian" target="_blank">Malaga vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Malaga vs Zhumadian

Prices for goods and services in Malaga and Zhumadian are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Malaga	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$8598

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504