Douala vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Douala	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1363	$3469
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3181	$7890
🏠 One person rent	$748	$2370
🏘️ Family rent	$1264	$4148
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$726
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.9	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$5254
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	21	86
😀 Quality of life	40	93
🏙️ Population	2.77M	1.39M

The cost of living in Douala is 61% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 4344th and 43rd ($1363 vs $3469) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 33rd 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 1.5 months in San Diego. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 7753rd and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs San Diego

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	Douala	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.84	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$124	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.34	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$8.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$826	$2499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$2053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1498	$4569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$937	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.25%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2075	$9580
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1019	$7151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.7	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.06	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.89	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$3.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.44	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.56	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$5.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.69	$30.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$145	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$535	$1745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3511	$28967

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Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$665
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$755
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$849
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$1413
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$793
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$397
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$698
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1241
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$674
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$961
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1774
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$563
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$878
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$1051
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$708
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$926
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$632
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$1044
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$664
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1514
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$644
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$810
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$494
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$778
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$781
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$705
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$852
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$621
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$752
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$1102
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$526
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$393
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$664
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1013

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782