Malabo vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$149	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	26
😀 Quality of life	33	12
🏙️ Population	297K	2.12M

The cost of living in Malabo is 4% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6716th and 6832nd ($741 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and Somalia, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 7709th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Mogadishu

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	Malabo	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$879

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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 Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$706
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$498
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$660
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$764
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$718
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$541
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$518
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$580
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$886
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$589
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$408
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$760
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$545
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$542
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$500
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$561
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$571
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$540
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$483
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$654
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$638
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$523
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$838
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$503
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$522
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$490
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$605
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$602
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$507
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$486
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$496
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1495
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$562
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$482
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$752