
Mediterranean · Málaga
Costa del Sol
Two different coasts under one name. The west (Marbella, Estepona) is the priciest south of Spain; the east, the Axarquía (Torre del Mar, Torrox), undercuts the Costa Blanca off the same airport.
14towns
in the base
3 281median
€/m²
14alive
in winter
4months
above 20 °C
10prices from the
official bulletin
What it costs
22nd cheapest coast of 26
21
cheaper
Costa Blanca
3 042€/m²
2 169–3 956 by town
22
this coast
Costa del Sol
3 281€/m²
1 581–4 292 by town
23
pricier
Mallorca
4 000€/m²
3 753–4 200 by town
Where it is
Towns, cheapest first
sourced price for 10 of 14
200 m to sea1 sch.
Axarquía, Málaga
Torre del Mar
1 581€/m²asking
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina3/5
Internet330
Nomad month1 210 €

300 m to sea
Axarquía, Málaga
Torrox
2 000€/m²asking
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina5/5
Internet310
Nomad month1 268 €

200 m to sea1 sch.
Axarquía, Málaga
Nerja
2 450€/m²asking
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina5/5
Internet300
Nomad month1 434 €

4.3 km to sea
Axarquía, Málaga
Vélez-Málaga
2 529€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina4/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 229 €

7.8 km to sea
Valle del Guadalhorce, Málaga
Alhaurín de la Torre
2 708€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea4 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina2/5
Internet480
Nomad month1 344 €

500 m to sea6 sch.
Málaga
Málaga
3 206€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea4 mo
Car-free5/5
No nómina2/5
Internet600
Nomad month1 706 €

6.3 km to sea1 sch.
Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga
Mijas
3 231€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea4 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina5/5
Internet450
Nomad month1 577 €

200 m to sea1 sch.
Málaga
Rincón de la Victoria
3 331€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea4 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina2/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 464 €

2.7 km to sea
Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga
Manilva
3 450€/m²asking
Winter4/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina4/5
Internet350
Nomad month1 445 €

300 m to sea3 sch.
Costa del Sol
Estepona
3 471€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina4/5
Internet500
Nomad month1 978 €

200 m to sea4 sch.
Costa del Sol
Fuengirola
3 614€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea4 mo
Car-free5/5
No nómina4/5
Internet520
Nomad month1 774 €

300 m to sea3 sch.
Costa del Sol
Benalmádena
3 758€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea4 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina4/5
Internet500
Nomad month1 765 €

100 m to sea2 sch.
Costa del Sol, Málaga
Torremolinos
3 875€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea4 mo
Car-free5/5
No nómina3/5
Internet550
Nomad month1 928 €

400 m to sea9 sch.
Costa del Sol
Marbella
4 292€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina4/5
Internet550
Nomad month2 445 €
Month by month
Air, sea, how busy it gets and what stays open — for each month on its own.
Median rather than mean: a single expensive spot skews the average for the whole coast. Airports: AGP.