Columbus vs Malabo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Malabo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$2326
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$175
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$533
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$498
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$42.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$341
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	8
😀 Quality of life	88	34
🏙️ Population	906K	297K

The cost of living in Columbus is 177% more expensive than in Malabo. Cities ranked 1248th and 6389th ($2252 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 2nd in the United States and Equatorial Guinea, respectively. Check the United States vs Equatorial Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.4 months in Malabo. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Malabo ranked 1st in Equatorial Guinea, while ranked 242nd and 7611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Malabo

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	Columbus	Malabo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$13.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$42.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$17.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$6.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$1.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$190
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$385
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$53.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	6.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$848
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$640
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$26.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$7.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$6.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$7.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$5.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$5.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$4.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$2.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$5.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$4.53
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$3.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$51.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$29.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$25.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$144
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$68.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$5705

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829

Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$655
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1368
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$933
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$374
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$638
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1201
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$794
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1686
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$714
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$764
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$469
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$846
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$1036
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$702
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$886
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$878
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$879
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$537
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$658
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$635
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1262
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$774
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$704
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$666
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1133
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$759
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$757
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$787
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$699
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$526
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$735
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$755
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$377