Malabo vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Malabo	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2761	$4674
🏠 One person rent	$671	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$981	$1801
🍽️ Food expenses	$443	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.6	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$393	$4112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	8	81
😀 Quality of life	30	91
🏙️ Population	297K	1.43M

The cost of living in Malabo is 39% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 4590th and 1833rd ($1272 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1452nd 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 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Malabo ranked 2nd best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs San Antonio ranked 39th in the United States, while ranked 8772nd and 156th 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	$9.3	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.89	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$787	$1860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$625	$1400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$306	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.5	$75.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.87%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$848	$4488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$649	$1816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.5	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.88	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.37	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.07	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.28	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.59	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$4.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.84	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.2	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.9	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$140	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$1365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6717	$19123

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$738
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$627
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1156
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$821
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$373
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$591
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$559
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1209
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$773
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$759
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1364
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$699
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$666
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$564
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$693
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$795
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$743
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$786
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$1011
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$1013
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$627
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$698
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$531
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$488
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$597
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1375
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$670
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$575
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$551
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$946
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$658
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$760
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$692
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$639
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$518
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$995
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$672
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$768
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$830
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$323

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2093
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2123
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2120
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2125
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2168
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$1944
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2475
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2149
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2110
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2003
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$1963
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1857
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1903
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1005
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1722
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2070
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1855
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1897
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1010
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$796
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1950
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1843
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2066
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2093
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2519
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2261
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2107
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1860
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2064
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2093