{"id":106331,"date":"2026-07-21T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=106331"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:00:32","slug":"buying-a-house-seville-or-malaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/buying-a-house-seville-or-malaga\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Buying a house in Seville or Malaga: pros and cons of the two major Andalusian cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-striped table-color-200\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Buying a flat in Malaga costs nearly double compared to Seville: <strong>\u20ac4,320\/sqm<\/strong> in June 2026, compared to <strong>\u20ac2,929\/sqm<\/strong> in Seville city, according to the latest data from the Fotocasa Real Estate Index.<\/li>\n<li>According to macroeconomic indicators from the Numbeo platform, the cost of living including rent is <strong>14.8% cheaper in Seville<\/strong> than in Malaga.<\/li>\n<li>Malaga stands out for its sea breeze, its booming tech profile, and milder summers, while Seville excels with its historical monuments, its massive cultural heritage, and a job market focused on the service sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making the decision to move to the south of Spain can become a real challenge, as there are simply too many options to choose from. Andalusia boasts two vibrant cities that compete directly in terms of attractiveness, dynamism, and future prospects, yet they offer completely opposite living experiences: Seville and Malaga.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Fotocasa, we have thoroughly analyzed property purchase costs, quality of life indices, and the best neighborhoods in Seville and Malaga to help you answer the big question: <strong>In 2026, is it better to buy a home in Seville or in Malaga?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Seville or Malaga: where is it more expensive to buy a house?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buying a house in Malaga city is significantly more expensive than in Seville city. Official data from the Fotocasa Real Estate Index for June <\/span><b>2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reveals that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/evolution-of-house-prices-for-sale-in-spain\/?lang=en\">the average asking price for housing<\/a> in Malaga stands at <\/span><b>\u20ac4,320\/sqm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, meaning that a standard 80-square-meter flat costs an average of around 345,616 euros. Conversely, in Seville city, the average price remains at <\/span><b>\u20ac2,929\/sqm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, putting a typical 80-square-meter home at an average of 234,318 euros. In fact, Malaga is currently the most expensive province in Andalusia to buy a house.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":106344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[15127,13692,13548,14943,16118,16120,14821,13552,13551,13549,13550,14353,16107,15605,13547,16119],"class_list":["post-106331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-andalusia","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-buying-a-house","tag-buying-a-house-in-seville-or-malaga","tag-cost-of-living","tag-foreign","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-live-in-spain","tag-malaga","tag-mejores-barrios-malaga","tag-property-market","tag-real-estate-market","tag-seville"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}