Malabo vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Malabo	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1344	$863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2912	$2104
🏠 One person rent	$726	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$1094	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$459	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.7	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$419	$378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	8	57
😀 Quality of life	31	62
🏙️ Population	297K	2.42M

The cost of living in Malabo is 56% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4477th and 6516th ($1344 vs $863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th 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 0.4 months in Salvador. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Salvador ranked 18th in Brazil, while ranked 8777th and 5693rd 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	$9.49	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.04	$7.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$922	$365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$400	$270
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$915	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$730	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$74.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.9	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.82%	10.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$841	$1920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$648	$1029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.52	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.5	$50.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.09	$9.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.63	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.49	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.74	$9.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$6.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$6.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.66	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$8.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.8	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$143	$72.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$226	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6284	$14902

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$750
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$641
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1254
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$834
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$386
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$601
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$618
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1239
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$849
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$750
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1555
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$687
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$668
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$587
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$785
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$922
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$745
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$878
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$1042
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$1042
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$655
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$699
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$594
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$578
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$631
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1551
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$775
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$659
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$550
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1022
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$759
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$830
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$785
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$665
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$538
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1017
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$750
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$741
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$796
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$353

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$667
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$676
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$568
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$645
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$607
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$645
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$548
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$492
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$651
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$589
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$583
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$628
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$614
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$595
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$648
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$647
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$488
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$608
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$611
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$726
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$602
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$677
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$687
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$611
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$628
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$598
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$609
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$579
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$615
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$598
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$669
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$611
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$609
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$626
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$743