Douala vs Hempstead - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Douala	Hempstead
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1265	$2664
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3165	$6130
🏠 One person rent	$676	$1711
🏘️ Family rent	$1351	$2905
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.5	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$147	$4990
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	21	97
😀 Quality of life	34	79
🏙️ Population	2.77M	793K

The cost of living in Douala is 53% less expensive than in Hempstead. Cities ranked 4304th and 556th ($1265 vs $2664) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 509th in Cameroon and the United States, respectively. Check Cameroon vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 1.9 months in Hempstead. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs Hempstead ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 7681st and 636th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Hempstead

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	Douala	Hempstead
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$112	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$6.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$2.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$746	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1743	$2884
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1010	$2577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.8	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$68.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.25%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$7917
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$920	$5542
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$131
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$9.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$12.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$5.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.58	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$5.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$111
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$22.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$77.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$1388
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3126	$27808

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Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$601
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$764
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$741
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$555
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$384
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$747
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$553
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1121
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$621
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$883
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1611
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$462
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$805
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$972
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$668
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$881
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$558
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$900
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$900
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$651
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1502
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$634
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$820
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$482
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$779
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$759
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$695
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$743
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$556
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$776
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$1113
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$535
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$371
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$677
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1030

Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302