Malabo vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$2096
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$772	$1231
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$576
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$3333
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	9	50
😀 Quality of life	26	92
🏙️ Population	297K	1.02M

The cost of living in Malabo is 33% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 4227th and 1744th ($1413 vs $2096) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Equatorial Guinea and Canada, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 1.6 months in Ottawa. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Ottawa ranked 11th in Canada, while ranked 8913th and 129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Ottawa

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	Malabo	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$1295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$1036
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$2109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$1647
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$47.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$4937
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$3196
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$95.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$66
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$89
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$15527

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822