Malabo vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$2033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$4826
🏠 One person rent	$149	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$4114
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	8	81
😀 Quality of life	33	91
🏙️ Population	297K	1.43M

The cost of living in Malabo is 64% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 6716th and 1745th ($741 vs $2033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1531st in Equatorial Guinea and the United States, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs San Antonio ranked 20th in the United States, while ranked 7709th and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs San Antonio

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	Malabo	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$6.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$1268
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$2285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$4263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$2070
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$2.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$8.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$5.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$89.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$1134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$16552

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2132
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2182
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2224
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2152
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2455
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2260
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2163
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2192
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2215
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1969
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1986
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$726
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1767
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2134
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1877
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1964
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1646
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$759
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$625
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1944
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1853
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2230
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2087
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2732
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1799
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2108
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2133