Price this October offered the residents of Malaga province a slight respite, albeit a modest one. Inflation in the province recorded a year-on-year … increase of 4.7%, 0.2% lower than in September, when it stood at 4.9%. The performance of the CPI in Malaga has therefore been slightly better than that of the country as a whole, where it has remained at 4.9%.<\/p>\n
The situation varies considerably from province to province. In Salamanca, Girona, Ciudad Real and Burgos, for example, prices are rising at a year-on-year rate of 5.7%. They are also exceeding 5% in nearly 20 other provinces, although none of these are in Andaluc\u00eda. <\/p>\n
The lowest inflation rate is in Guip\u00fazcoa (4%). At levels 0.2-0.3% higher are, this time, other provinces in Andaluc\u00eda such as Almeria and Huelva (4.2%), as well as Cordoba, Ja\u00e9n and Seville (4.3%).<\/p>\n
What is striking about Malaga’s inflation rate for October is not only that it has moderated compared with September, while the figure for Spain as a whole has not, but also that it places Malaga’s CPI below the national average, which is not usually the case. <\/p>\n
In recent months, the province’s figure has mirrored the national one. Only in June was it 0.1% lower, but to find a difference of 0.2% (the gap between Malaga’s 4.7% and Spain’s 4.9%), one has to go back to February 2024.<\/p>\n
Despite the fall in the inflation rate in the province, it remains at its highest level in more than three years, since April 2023, when it stood at around 5%.<\/p>\n
\nWhat is becoming most expensive\n<\/p>\n
In Malaga, and across the country as a whole, the main factor driving up prices is the cost of transport, which is rising at a rate of 10.7% in the province (slightly less than in September, when it stood at 11.2%). Within this component of the CPI, the category recording the sharpest rise is the use of private vehicles, the cost of which has risen by 17.3% (compared with 18.4% in September).<\/p>\n
The second-fastest-rising component of inflation in the province is housing and utilities, at 5.8% (0.1% higher than in September, although below the national average of over 7%). The main drivers of this upward trend are electricity and gas prices, which are 11.6% more expensive than a year ago.<\/p>\n
Thirdly, restaurants and accommodation services are rising in price at a year-on-year rate of 4.8%, the same figure as in September. Next come information and communications services, at 4.4%, compared with 3.2% the previous month. Furthermore, recreational activities rose by 4%.<\/p>\n
\nContainment of groceries\n<\/p>\n
The cost of the shopping basket lies far below these figures, rising by 2.6% according to the latest data, down from 2.7% in September. Here, food prices alone have risen by 2.9%, compared with 3% in September, while prices for non-alcoholic drinks have remained stable. Alcoholic drinks, meanwhile, have risen by 2.7%, following a 2.5% increase the previous month.<\/p>\n
There are also some components of the CPI that have become cheaper. For example, clothing and footwear in Malaga are 0.1% cheaper than a year ago. However, if we break this down by product, we find that clothing has fallen by around 1% year-on-year, while footwear is 3.3% more expensive than in October 2025.<\/p>\n
The other component of the Malaga CPI to have fallen is education, with a drop of 0.2%.<\/p>\n