Malabo vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$772	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	9	56
😀 Quality of life	26	62
🏙️ Population	297K	2.42M

The cost of living in Malabo is 79% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4227th and 6702nd ($1413 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Equatorial Guinea and Brazil, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 8913th and 5621st 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	$10.6	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699