Malabo vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$772	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$3732
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	9	99
😀 Quality of life	26	97
🏙️ Population	297K	2.15M

The cost of living in Malabo is 44% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4227th and 843rd ($1413 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and France, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 8913th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Paris

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	Malabo	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488