Malabo vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$149	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$5544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	100
😀 Quality of life	33	95
🏙️ Population	297K	8.8M

The cost of living in Malabo is 83% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 6716th and 3rd ($741 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and the United States, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1.2 months in New York City. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 7709th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs New York City

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	Malabo	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111