Douala vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Douala	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1265	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3165	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$676	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$1351	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.5	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$147	$611
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	21	16
😀 Quality of life	34	13
🏙️ Population	2.77M	344K

The cost of living in Douala is 104% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 4304th and 7441st ($1265 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Cameroon and Lesotho, respectively. Check Cameroon vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 1 months in Maseru. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 7681st and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Maseru

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	Douala	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$112	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$746	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1743	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1010	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.8	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.25%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$920	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.58	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3126	$1063

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628