Douala vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Douala	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1265	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3165	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$676	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$1351	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.5	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$147	$947
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	21	81
😀 Quality of life	34	67
🏙️ Population	2.77M	5.6M

The cost of living in Douala is 30% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4304th and 5668th ($1265 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Cameroon and Russia, respectively. Check Cameroon vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 7681st and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Saint Petersburg

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	Douala	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$112	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$746	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1743	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1010	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.8	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.25%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$920	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.58	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3126	$7571

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441