Malabo vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$149	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	8	99
😀 Quality of life	33	95
🏙️ Population	297K	2.15M

The cost of living in Malabo is 67% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6716th and 1222nd ($741 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 7709th and 25th 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	$12.9	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293