Malabo vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$149	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$947
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	8	81
😀 Quality of life	33	67
🏙️ Population	297K	5.6M

The cost of living in Malabo is 24% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 6716th and 5668th ($741 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Equatorial Guinea and Russia, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 7709th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Saint Petersburg

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	Malabo	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$7571

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441