San Diego vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	San Diego	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3427	$1657
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7903	$3999
🏠 One person rent	$2366	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$4375	$1749
🍽️ Food expenses	$686	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$73.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5439	$1375
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	37
😀 Quality of life	91	72
🏙️ Population	1.39M	6.44K

The cost of living in San Diego is 107% more expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 26th and 2834th ($3427 vs $1657) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 3rd in the United States and Malta, respectively. Check the United States vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in San Diego compared to 0.8 months in Valletta. San Diego ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 107th and 2020th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in San Diego vs Valletta 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/san-diego/valletta.jpg" alt="Cost of living in San Diego vs Valletta infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/san-diego/valletta" target="_blank">San Diego vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in San Diego vs Valletta

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

	San Diego	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.6	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.8	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.63	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2498	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2064	$760
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4740	$2091
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3919	$1453
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$81.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.6	$44.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11408	$8034
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8035	$4060
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.4	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.2	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.45
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.69	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.64	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$5.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.1	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.91	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.3	$73.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.2	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$129	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.8	$121
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1701	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18429	$10317

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3051
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2907
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2868
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2867
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2910
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1184
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2784
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2879
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2884
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2722
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2732
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3094
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2597
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$3070
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3155
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2751
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2684
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2803
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2637
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$1027
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2879
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2609
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2606

Cities near Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1670
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1708
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1278
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1608
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1372
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1469
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1338
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1583
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1120
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$927
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1027
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1103
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$983
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1163
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$936
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1150
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1122
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1050
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$979
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1329
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$418
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$423
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$470
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$389
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$435
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1530
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1324
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$377
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$596
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$386
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$340
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$390
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1017
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1307
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$407
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$355