Douala vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Douala	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1368	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3396	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$731	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$1441	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	21	8
😀 Quality of life	34	58
🏙️ Population	2.77M	24.7K

The cost of living in Douala is 12% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4173rd and 3466th ($1368 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Cameroon and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Cameroon vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 7649th and 5469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Victoria

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	Douala	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.53	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$120	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$805	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$519	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1871	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.3	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.7	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1994	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$965	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.82	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.28	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.79	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.42	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.63	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.07	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.14	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.2	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.54	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.2	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.61	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.2	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$512	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3349	$8081

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Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$655
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$710
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$933
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$812
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$794
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$374
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$714
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1201
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$638
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$906
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1686
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$469
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$846
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$1036
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$702
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$886
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$537
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$878
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$879
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$666
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$658
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1262
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$635
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$757
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$488
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$774
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$735
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$704
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$787
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$724
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$759
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$1133
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$526
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$377
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$699
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1019

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482