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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Malaga, a month

£1,210 to £1,350 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

RentAverage asking rent, homes up to 60 square metres, furnished and unfurnished together, enalquiler.com, September 2026. Not specific to furnished one-beds. EUR 1,018
£858
A deskCoworking a month, plus VAT: TLR's weekday community plan up to a 24/7 flex desk at Momentum Plaza, from a directory. EUR 82.64 to 250
£70 to £211
Weekday lunchesMenu del dia, the Spain average in 2024. There is no Malaga figure, EUR 14 each, 22 working days
£259
Getting aroundEMT monthly bus card, unlimited trips, discounted to 31 December 2026. EUR 23.95
£20

Spain's International telework visa asks for about £2,060 to £2,400 a month in income. Check your own case

The Malaga guideCompare every city

What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.