Edinburgh vs Malabo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Malabo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2145
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$149
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$471
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$461
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$40.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$317
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	8
😀 Quality of life	94	33
🏙️ Population	488K	297K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 189% more expensive than in Malabo. Cities ranked 1491st and 6716th ($2140 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Equatorial Guinea, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Equatorial Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.4 months in Malabo. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Malabo ranked 1st in Equatorial Guinea, while ranked 34th and 7709th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Malabo

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	Edinburgh	Malabo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$51.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$720
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$357
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$25.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$856
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$650
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$7.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$3.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$4.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$4.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$135
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$64.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$5445

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$655
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$601
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1265
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$764
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$384
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$621
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1121
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$883
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$555
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1611
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$553
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$747
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$462
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$805
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$972
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$668
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$881
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$900
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$900
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$558
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$651
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$634
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1502
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$779
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$695
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1113
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$776
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$820
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$743
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$677
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$535
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$759
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$709
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$371