Malaga vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malaga	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1519	$710
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3537	$2138
🏠 One person rent	$941	$300
🏘️ Family rent	$1683	$686
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$68.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1781	$1012
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	24	90
😀 Quality of life	78	71
🏙️ Population	586K	13.9M

The cost of living in Malaga is 114% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 3616th and 6862nd ($1519 vs $710) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 81st 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 1.4 months in Tianjin. Malaga ranked 18th best city to live in Spain vs Tianjin ranked 10th in China, while ranked 654th and 2285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Tianjin

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	Malaga	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$204
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1968	$1072
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1402	$495
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$43.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$67.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.1	$8.33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	4.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6321	$7862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2750	$2825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.2	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.4	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.57	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$2.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.25	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.13	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.91	$5.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$14.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.89	$6.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$72.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$3.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$40.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$79.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14939	$16590

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1272
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2180
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1415
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$993
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1388
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1430
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1146
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1288
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2079
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1297
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$938
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1284
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1221
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1108
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1013
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1256
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1165
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1290
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1025
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1260
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$535
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1358
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$710
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1454
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1461
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1446
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1196
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$855
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$429

Cities near Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$700
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$734
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$679
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$693
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$786
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$720
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$742
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$611
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1067
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$769
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$675
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$620
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$649
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$714
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$677
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$482
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$668
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$572
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$605
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$670
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$614
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$677
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$869
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$760
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$748
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$588
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$568
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$616
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$555
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$547
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$670
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$597
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$632
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$581
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$507
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$526
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$618