Malabo vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$1105
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$2690
🏠 One person rent	$149	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$1278
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$37.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$613
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	8	1
😀 Quality of life	33	11
🏙️ Population	297K	74.7K

The cost of living in Malabo is 33% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 6716th and 4807th ($741 vs $1105) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and Comoros, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 7709th and 9179th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Malabo vs Moroni infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/malabo/moroni.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Malabo vs Moroni infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/malabo/moroni" target="_blank">Malabo vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Malabo vs Moroni

Prices for goods and services in Malabo and Moroni are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Malabo	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$5.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$7.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$511
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$1315
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$1061
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$64.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$98
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$1481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$1246
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$29.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$2.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$4.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$4.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$4.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$31.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$56.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$13253

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1100
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1506
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1150
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$872
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$552
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$523
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$486
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$545
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$493
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$507
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$580
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$457
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$675
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$447
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$492
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$507
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$498
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$525
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$502
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$566
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$461
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$561
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$825
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$638
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1003
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$389
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$408
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$748
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$947
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$760
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$589
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$752
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$541
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$794