Malabo vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$149	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	54
😀 Quality of life	33	66
🏙️ Population	297K	8.78M

The cost of living in Malabo is 15% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6716th and 7256th ($741 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 118th in Equatorial Guinea and China, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 7709th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Quanzhou

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	Malabo	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936