Malabo vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$149	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$611
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	8	16
😀 Quality of life	33	13
🏙️ Population	297K	344K

The cost of living in Malabo is 19% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 6716th and 7441st ($741 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1 months in Maseru. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 7709th and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Maseru

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	Malabo	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$1063

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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

Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628