Malabo vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$1500
🏠 One person rent	$772	$236
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$364
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$42.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$751
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	9	15
😀 Quality of life	26	24
🏙️ Population	297K	344K

The cost of living in Malabo is 118% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 4227th and 7431st ($1413 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 1.2 months in Maseru. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 8913th and 8994th 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	$10.6	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$8.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$1.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$131
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$66.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$230
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$192
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$32.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	8.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$365
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$7.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$2.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$3.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$4.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$15.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$2.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$50
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$1130

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$755
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$665
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1363
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$849
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$397
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$674
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1241
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$961
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$793
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1774
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$698
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$671
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$563
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$878
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$1051
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$708
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$926
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$1044
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$632
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$664
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$644
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1514
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$778
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$705
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1102
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$752
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$810
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$852
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$664
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$526
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$781
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$793
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$393

Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$598
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$762
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$808
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$861
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$901
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$988
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$706
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$984
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$892
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$740
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$826
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$984
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$890
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$827
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$838
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$892
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1304
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$975
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$940
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$784
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$875
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$833
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$830
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$814
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$637
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$599
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$469
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$637
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$946
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$668
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1005
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$607