Malabo vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$772	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	9	73
😀 Quality of life	26	80
🏙️ Population	297K	7.01M

The cost of living in Malabo is 13% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4227th and 3418th ($1413 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8913th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Riyadh

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	Malabo	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$9818

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463