Malabo vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malabo	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2326	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$175	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$533	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$498	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.1	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$341	$740
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	8	90
😀 Quality of life	34	68
🏙️ Population	297K	9.21M

The cost of living in Malabo is 32% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6389th and 4630th ($812 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Equatorial Guinea and Mexico, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 7611th and 3360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Mexico City

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	Malabo	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.6	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.9	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.1	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.7	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$772	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.2	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$848	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$640	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.5	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.6	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.7	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.13	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.87	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.43	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.6	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.7	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$68.5	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5705	$8550

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$655
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1368
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$933
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$374
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$638
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1201
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$794
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1686
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$714
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$764
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$469
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$846
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$1036
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$702
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$886
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$878
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$879
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$537
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$658
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$635
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1262
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$774
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$704
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$666
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1133
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$759
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$757
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$787
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$699
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$526
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$735
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$755
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$377

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709