Fortaleza vs Libreville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fortaleza	Libreville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$758	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1752	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$328	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$340	$427
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	42	12
😀 Quality of life	61	32
🏙️ Population	2.43M	899K

The cost of living in Fortaleza is 7% more expensive than in Libreville. Cities ranked 6833rd and 7045th ($758 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Brazil and Gabon, respectively. Check Brazil vs Gabon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Fortaleza compared to 0.6 months in Libreville. Fortaleza ranked 16th best city to live in Brazil vs Libreville ranked 1st in Gabon, while ranked 5841st and 8665th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Fortaleza vs Libreville infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/fortaleza/libreville.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Fortaleza vs Libreville infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/fortaleza/libreville" target="_blank">Fortaleza vs Libreville - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Fortaleza vs Libreville

Prices for goods and services in Fortaleza and Libreville are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Fortaleza	Libreville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$5.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.49	$6.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$1.93
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$210
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$543
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$370
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.5	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.2	$73.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.9%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1344	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$743	$1012
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.3	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.26	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$7.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$8.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.16	$8.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.89	$5.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.54	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$26
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.06	$5.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.6	$32.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$46.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2167	$6108

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Fortaleza

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Caucaia	$713
112 km or 69 mi	Caninde	$637
120 km or 74 mi	Itapipoca	$510
125 km or 78 mi	Aracati	$639
148 km or 92 mi	Russas	$630
148 km or 92 mi	Quixada	$644
190 km or 118 mi	Sobral	$656
200 km or 124 mi	Acarau	$772
209 km or 130 mi	Mossoro	$538
273 km or 169 mi	Camocim	$690
288 km or 179 mi	Crateus	$613
300 km or 186 mi	Ico	$590
305 km or 189 mi	Iguatu	$591
342 km or 213 mi	Caico	$623
366 km or 227 mi	Piripiri	$617
372 km or 231 mi	Parnaiba	$662
392 km or 243 mi	Patos	$563
397 km or 247 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
402 km or 250 mi	Crato	$571
434 km or 269 mi	Natal	$583
487 km or 303 mi	Salgueiro	$562
487 km or 303 mi	Campina Grande	$566
495 km or 307 mi	Picos	$572
498 km or 309 mi	Teresina	$572
501 km or 312 mi	Timon	$554
536 km or 333 mi	Chapadinha	$618
546 km or 340 mi	Arcoverde	$580
550 km or 342 mi	Caxias	$568
554 km or 344 mi	Joao Pessoa	$726
578 km or 359 mi	Goiana	$575
580 km or 360 mi	Caruaru	$545
584 km or 363 mi	Carpina	$579
600 km or 373 mi	Codo	$596
602 km or 374 mi	Floriano	$566
617 km or 383 mi	Garanhuns	$631
618 km or 384 mi	Camaragibe	$559
619 km or 384 mi	Paulista	$416
622 km or 387 mi	Coroata	$624
623 km or 387 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699
626 km or 389 mi	Olinda	$561

Cities near Libreville

Distance	City	Cost of living
144 km or 89 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
166 km or 103 mi	Bata	$1241
303 km or 188 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
310 km or 193 mi	Trindade	$1044
381 km or 237 mi	Malabo	$1413
404 km or 251 mi	Limbe	$755
408 km or 253 mi	Douala	$1363
421 km or 261 mi	Buea	$665
449 km or 279 mi	Yaounde	$671
472 km or 293 mi	Kumba	$849
522 km or 325 mi	Calabar	$397
556 km or 346 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
574 km or 357 mi	Aba	$674
575 km or 357 mi	Bafoussam	$793
612 km or 380 mi	Umuahia	$961
621 km or 386 mi	Bamenda	$698
627 km or 390 mi	Owerri	$1774
635 km or 395 mi	Pointe-Noire	$585
643 km or 400 mi	Gamboma	$536
662 km or 412 mi	Kayes	$536
680 km or 423 mi	Madingou	$536
698 km or 434 mi	Awka	$878
703 km or 437 mi	Warri	$926
707 km or 439 mi	Enugu	$563
707 km or 440 mi	Onitsha	$1051
727 km or 452 mi	Cabinda	$706
785 km or 488 mi	Benin	$632
791 km or 491 mi	Kinkala	$538
800 km or 497 mi	Boma	$871
822 km or 511 mi	Matadi	$893
825 km or 512 mi	Berberati	$494
829 km or 515 mi	Brazzaville	$595
836 km or 520 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
869 km or 540 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864
869 km or 540 mi	Owo	$664
896 km or 557 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
897 km or 557 mi	Akure	$644
928 km or 577 mi	N'zeto	$853
931 km or 578 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
951 km or 591 mi	Lagos	$1102