Luxembourg City vs Malabo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Malabo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2446	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5564	$2145
🏠 One person rent	$1630	$149
🏘️ Family rent	$2795	$471
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$461
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$40.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5865	$317
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	29	8
😀 Quality of life	89	33
🏙️ Population	136K	297K

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 230% more expensive than in Malabo. Cities ranked 870th and 6716th ($2446 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Luxembourg and Equatorial Guinea, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Equatorial Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Luxembourg City compared to 0.4 months in Malabo. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Malabo ranked 1st in Equatorial Guinea, while ranked 199th and 7709th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Malabo

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	Luxembourg City	Malabo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$51.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.19	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.85	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1637	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1371	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2984	$720
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2384	$357
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$25.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10994	$856
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7751	$650
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.2	$7.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$2.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$3.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$7.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.86	$4.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.6	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$135
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$64.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16923	$5445

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2266
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2330
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2205
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2160
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1584
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1363
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1681
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1351
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1348
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1359
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1339
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1351
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1352
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1359
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1364
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1368
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1528
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1333
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1371
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1368
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1498
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1194
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1356
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1182
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1486
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1486
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1393
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1399
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1478
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1400
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1479
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1502
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1490
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1507
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1553
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1413
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1476
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1477
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1500

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