Columbus vs Malabo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Malabo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2145
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$149
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$471
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$461
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$40.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$317
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	8
😀 Quality of life	88	33
🏙️ Population	906K	297K

The cost of living in Columbus is 189% more expensive than in Malabo. Cities ranked 1476th and 6716th ($2145 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.4 months in Malabo. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Malabo ranked 1st in Equatorial Guinea, while ranked 249th and 7709th 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	$18.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$51.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$720
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$357
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$25.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$856
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$650
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$7.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$3.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$4.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$4.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$4.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$135
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$64.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$5445

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$655
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$601
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1265
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$764
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$384
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$621
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1121
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$883
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$555
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1611
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$553
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$747
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$462
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$805
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$972
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$668
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$881
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$900
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$900
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$558
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$651
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$634
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1502
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$779
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$695
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1113
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$776
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$820
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$743
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$677
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$535
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$759
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$709
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$371