Malabo vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malabo	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2326	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$175	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$533	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$498	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.1	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$341	$437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	8	56
😀 Quality of life	34	58
🏙️ Population	297K	2.42M

The cost of living in Malabo is 10% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6389th and 6712th ($812 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 23rd in Equatorial Guinea and Brazil, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 7611th and 5558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Salvador

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	Malabo	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.6	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.9	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.1	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.7	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$772	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.2	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$848	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$640	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.5	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.6	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.7	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.13	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.87	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.43	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.6	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.7	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$68.5	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5705	$10964

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$655
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1368
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$933
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$374
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$638
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1201
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$794
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1686
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$714
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$764
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$469
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$846
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$1036
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$702
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$886
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$878
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$879
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$537
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$658
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$635
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1262
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$774
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$704
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$666
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1133
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$759
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$757
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$787
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$699
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$526
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$735
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$755
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$377

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610